Denton, Greater Manchester
Denton is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, five miles (8 km) east of Manchester city centre. Historically part of Lancashire, it had a population of 36,591 at the 2011 Census.
Denton Town Hall
Viewed from the air, looking west
Chairman George Newton, Mayor of Kierspe, Mayoral Consort and Civic Mayor of Tameside Cllr Brenda Warrington, Mayor and Mayoress of Montigny and Deputy Mayor of Montigny on Denton Town Twinning Day, 22 September 2012
Denton War Memorial
Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, named after the River Tame, which flows through it, and includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley and Stalybridge. Tameside is bordered by the metropolitan boroughs of Stockport to the south, Oldham to the north and northeast, Manchester to the west, and to the east by the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire. As of 2022, the population of Tameside was 232,753, making it the 8th-most populous borough of Greater Manchester by population.
Tameside from Werneth Low
Werneth Low with the Greater Manchester Urban Area in the background.
View from Werneth Low over Hyde (left, foreground), towards Ashton-under-Lyne (centre) in the background.
A view over Tameside, towards Manchester city centre.