St Joseph’s Church, Stockport

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.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: church building in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, UK
Also known as: “Church Of St Joseph” and “St Joseph’s Catholic Church”
Address: Tatton Street, Stockport, SK1 1EJ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Stockport Air Raid Shelters and St Peter’s Church, Stockport.

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 470 feet northwest of St Joseph’s Church, Stockport.

St Peter’s Church, Stockport

Church

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St Peter's Church is the second-oldest parish church in the town of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The church stands in St Peter's Square and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. St Peter’s Church, Stockport is situated 460 feet west of St Joseph’s Church, Stockport.

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 810 feet north of St Joseph’s Church, Stockport.

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.