Droylsden is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, 4.1 miles (6.6 km) east of Manchester city centre and 2.2 miles (3.5 km) west of Ashton-under-Lyne, with a population at the 2011 Census of 22,689.
Droylsden town centre
The Ashton Canal through Droylsden
A welcome sign at Droyslden's boundary
Arms of the former Droylsden Urban District Council
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.