Droylsden

Droylsden is a town in , , England, 4 miles east of , with a population at the 2011 Census of 22,689. Within the boundaries of the historic county of , in the mid-19th century Droylsden grew as a mill town on the Ashton canal.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Town with 23,900 residents
  • Description: town in Tameside, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Droylesden”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fairfield Moravian Church and Church of St Mary.

Church
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and its surrounding settlement was founded in 1785 in Fairfield, a suburb near Droylsden, Lancashire, England. It was founded by Benjamin La Trobe as a centre for evangelistic work for the Moravian Church in the area.

Church
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Railway station
Photo: Keith Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the Fairfield area of Droylsden, , and is located 3.1 miles east of Manchester Piccadilly station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Audenshaw and Openshaw.

Town
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is a town in , , England. It lies east of , in the City of Manchester, and 4.9 miles east of .

Suburb
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is a suburb of , , England, about three miles east of . Historically part of , was incorporated into the city of Manchester in 1890.

Suburb
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is an area of , west of , in , England. Historically part of , was built as a village around an eponymous bridge over the Ashton Canal.

Droylsden

Latitude
53.4786° or 53° 28′ 43″ north
Longitude
-2.1492° or 2° 8′ 57″ west
Population
23,900
Elevation
328 feet (100 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB DRY
Open location code
9C5VFVH2+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1044242463
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2650962
Wiki­data ID
Q305076
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Droylsden” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Դրոյլսդեն”
  • Asturian: “Droylsden”
  • Basque: “Droylsden”
  • Bulgarian: “Дройлсден”
  • Cebuano: “Droylsden”
  • Chinese: “德罗伊尔斯登”
  • Chinese: “德羅伊爾斯登”
  • Dutch: “Droylsden”
  • French: “Droylsden”
  • German: “Droylsden”
  • Hebrew: “דרוילסדן”
  • Irish: “Droylsden”
  • Italian: “Droylsden”
  • Japanese: “ドロイルズデン”
  • Ladin: “Droylsden”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Droylsden”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Droylsden”
  • Persian: “درویلزدن”
  • Polish: “Droylsden”
  • Romanian: “Droylsden”
  • Russian: “Дройлсден”
  • Slovenian: “Droylsden”
  • Spanish: “Droylsden”
  • Swedish: “Droylsden”
  • Urdu: “ڈروئلسڈن”
  • Welsh: “Droylsden”

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