Droylsden
Droylsden is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, 4 miles east of Manchester and 2 miles west of Ashton-under-Lyne, with a population at the 2011 Census of 22,689.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Fairfield Moravian Church
Church
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fairfield Moravian Church 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 Manchester area.
Fairfield railway station
Railway station
Photo: Keith Williamson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fairfield railway station serves the Fairfield area of Droylsden, Tameside, Greater Manchester and is located 3.1 miles east of Manchester Piccadilly station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Audenshaw and Openshaw.
Audenshaw
Town
Photo: Ian Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Audenshaw is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, 4.9 miles east of Manchester. Historically part of Lancashire, in 2011 it had a population of 11,419.
Openshaw
Suburb
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Openshaw is a suburb of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, about three miles east of the Manchester city centre. Historically part of Lancashire, Openshaw was incorporated into the city of Manchester in 1890.
Guide Bridge
Suburb
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Guide Bridge is an area of Audenshaw, west of Ashton-under-Lyne, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, Guide Bridge was built as a village around an eponymous bridge over the Ashton Canal.
Droylsden
- Categories: unparished area and locality
- Location: Tameside, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.4786° or 53° 28′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.1492° or 2° 8′ 57″ westPopulation
23,900Elevation
328 feet (100 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB DRYOpen location code
9C5VFVH2+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1044242463OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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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”
- Welsh: “Droylsden”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Droylsden Marina and Droylsden Library.
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