The Three Shires

The Three Shires is a memorial in Stockport, England. The Three Shires is situated nearby to the government office Assessment Centre, as well as near the amusement arcade X-Gen VR.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stockport Air Raid Shelters and Staircase House.

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, to protect local inhabitants during Second World War air raids. Stockport Air Raid Shelters is situated 340 feet southwest of The Three Shires.

Staircase House

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Staircase House, also known as Stockport Museum, and formerly known as Stockport Story Museum, is a Grade II* listed medieval building dating from around 1460 in Stockport, historically in Cheshire and now within Greater Manchester, England. Staircase House is situated 510 feet east of The Three Shires.

St Joseph’s Church, Stockport

Church

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St Joseph's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It was built from 1861 to 1862 and designed by Matthew Ellison Hadfield. St Joseph’s Church, Stockport is situated 580 feet south of The Three Shires.

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.