The Bear Pit

The Bear Pit is a theater building in Stockport, England. The Bear Pit is situated nearby to Wellington Bridge, as well as near the shopping center Merseyway Shopping Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hat Works and Garrick Theatre.

Hat Works

Museum

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The Hat Works is a museum in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, which opened in 2000. Before that, smaller displays of hatting equipment were exhibited in Stockport Museum and in the former Battersby hat factory. Hat Works is situated 400 feet south of The Bear Pit.

Garrick Theatre

Theater building

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Stockport Garrick Theatre is a theatre in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, founded in 1901. In 1904 it obtained its own premises in Cobden Place, Wellington Street. Garrick Theatre is situated 600 feet southeast of The Bear Pit.

Stockport Air Raid Shelters

Museum

The Stockport Air Raid Shelters are a system of almost 1 mile of underground air-raid shelters dug under Stockport, 6 miles south of Manchester, during World War II to protect local inhabitants during air raids. Stockport Air Raid Shelters is situated 720 feet east of The Bear Pit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stockport and Edgeley.

Stockport

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Stockport is a town in the south east of Greater Manchester, historically in Cheshire, at the point where the rivers Tame and Goyt combine to form the Mersey.

Edgeley

Suburb

Edgeley is a suburb of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It is characterised largely by Victorian terraced housing around Alexandra Park. The population in 2021 was 14,182.