Ashton-under-Lyne is a market town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The population was 48,604 at the 2021 census. Historically in Lancashire, it is on the north bank of the River Tame, in the foothills of the Pennines, 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Manchester.
Image: New buildings shown from Ikea carpark
Image: Ashton under Lyne town hall
Image: Ashton Canal, Portland Basin geograph.org.uk 3304052
Image: St Michael, Ashton under Lyne
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.
