The River Tame flows through Greater Manchester, England. It rises on Denshaw Moor and flows to Stockport where it joins the River Goyt to form the River Mersey.
Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, named after the River Tame, which flows through it. It includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfi
River Tame, Greater Manchester
…derived from "river at the boundary". The earlier name is lost: Dodgson suggests that Tame may have been the name for the whole of the Mersey. The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is named after the river. While it flows through the borough, the river neither rises nor finishes inside its boundaries; however, most of the built-up…
Tameside from Werneth Low
Werneth Low with the Greater Manchester Urban Area in the background.
A view over Tameside, towards Manchester city centre.