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Stockport Travel Guide: 117 reviews and 390 photos

Stockport is quite old, the market place dates from 1260 I think. Over the past 800 years the place has really grown. There is a great music vibe here and it's biker friendly. For those looking for tranquility, there's Lyme Park and miles and miles of cannal paths to walk along

Pros and Cons

Pros:good shops - good pubs - good people
Cons:don't go near GRAND CENTRAL at night
In a nutshell:A place with a long history, and a long future too

Intro Written Mar 30, 2005
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The front of the precinct Things to Do (5)

The shopping center is right over the river Mersey. I've got some pictures looking through the long tunnel, but they're... more travel advice

High Lane Canal Things to Do (5)

A good place to take a boat trip more travel advice

The River Goyt Things to Do (5)

The Goyt joins the Tame to form the Mersey here, and then goes all the way to Liverpool more travel advice

The Canal Things to Do (5)

Fancy a quite walk along a canal? You will run out of stamina before you run out of canal. Good shoes for dry weather,... more travel advice

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mvtouring Jul 17, 2010 at 2:04 PM

Nice tips you have, had a good laugh at the canal walking tip regarding the 50 weeks of bad weather ;-)
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mary2u99 Apr 12, 2007 at 7:00 PM

Great tips and pictures. Life on Mars wasfilm here interesting. No worries I do not travel with knifes. Someone even called me 'Knife Lady'. Hahaha :-)
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JamalMorelli Sep 26, 2006 at 7:13 PM

Cool pic - the area still has the feel of being quite old... amazing engineering...
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bugalugs Oct 14, 2005 at 7:17 AM

Its amazing to think of the river under the precinct