Portwood is an area of
Stockport
Stockport is a town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt, Rivers Goyt and River Tame, Greater Manchester, Tame merge to create the River Mersey he ...
,
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Derbyshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Cheshire to the south, and Merseyside to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Manchester. ...
, England, just east of the town centre along Great Portwood Street. The part closest to the town centre contains
Meadow Mill and is mainly given over to shops (including
The Peel Centre); the outer part is residential. The River
Tame
Tame may refer to:
*Taming, the act of training wild animals
* River Tame, Greater Manchester
*River Tame, West Midlands and the Tame Valley
* Tame, Arauca, a Colombian town and municipality
* "Tame" (song), a song by the Pixies from their 1989 a ...
and
Goyt and
M60 motorway
The M60 motorway, Manchester Ring Motorway or Manchester Outer Ring Road is an orbital motorway in North West England. Built over a 40-year period, it passes through all of Greater Manchester's metropolitan boroughs except for Wigan and Bolt ...
run through the area.
The site of the former
Stockport Portwood railway station lies under the M60 motorway.
Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites:Stockport Portwood Station
Subterranea Britannica, retrieved 15 June 2006.
References
Areas of Stockport
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