Brinksway Caves
The Brinksway Caves, also known as Maggie's Caves, are a group of artificial caves located in Brinksway, by the River Mersey in Stockport. The caves were excavated by workers chipping away at naturally eroding sandstone on the Cheadle side of the River Mersey.- Type: Ruins
- Description: Artificial cave in Stockport
- Also known as: “Maggie’s Caves”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Edgeley Park and Stockport railway station.
Edgeley Park
Stadium
Photo: Ceaton89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Edgeley Park is a football stadium in Edgeley, Stockport, England. Built for Stockport RFC, a rugby league club, in 1891, by 1903 the rugby club was defunct and Stockport County Football Club moved in. Edgeley Park is situated 3,400 feet southeast of Brinksway Caves.
Stockport railway station
Railway station
Photo: The Voice of Hassocks, Public domain.
Stockport railway station serves the market and industrial town of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. It is located 6 miles south-east of Manchester Piccadilly, on a spur of the West Coast Main Line to London Euston. Stockport railway station is situated 3,100 feet east of Brinksway Caves.
St Matthew’s Church
Church
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St Matthew’s Church is situated 2,200 feet southeast of Brinksway Caves.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Edgeley and Heaton Norris.
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.
Heaton Norris
Suburb
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Heaton Norris is a suburb of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It is one of the Four Heatons, along with neighbours Heaton Chapel, Heaton Mersey and Heaton Moor.
Stockport
Photo: raver mikey, CC BY 2.0.
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.
Brinksway Caves
- Categories: grotto and historic site
- Location: United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.40645° or 53° 24′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.17727° or 2° 10′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C5VCR4F+H3OpenStreetMap ID
node 4663566744OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q105393899
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include PureGym and Debut Academy of Performing Arts.
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