Carrbrook is a village in the east of

Stalybridge Stalybridge () is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 23,731 at the 2011 Census. Historic counties of England, Historically divided between Cheshire and Lancashire, it is east of Manchester city centre and no ...

, in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The area still has many seventeenth and eighteenth-century buildings. Much of the late-nineteenth and the early-twentieth-century village was built during the industrial boom brought by the printworks. In the 1970s modern Housing estates were built next to the old village on the lower flank of

Harridge Pike Harridge Pike is a hill situated within the boundaries of Stalybridge, Greater Manchester just outside the Peak District National Park. Its western flank rises from the valley of the River Tame to a height of 395 metres. To the east, the p ...

. The view to the east of Carrbrook is dominated by the steep-sided Buckton Hill, on the summit of which is located

Buckton Castle Buckton Castle was a medieval enclosure castle near Carrbrook in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester, England. It was surrounded by a stone curtain wall and a ditch wide by deep. Buckton is one of the earliest stone castles in North West Englan ...

. Neighbouring communities include Millbrook,

Heyheads Heyheads is the easternmost area of Stalybridge, in Greater Manchester, England. The area includes the sixteenth century Grade II listed Nos 1, 2 and 3 Moorgate Farmhouse and adjoining barn and shippon buildings. Boundary cottages mark the bound ...

and Mossley. Many properties in Carrbrook were threatened by a large wildfire burning on Buckton Moor in late June 2018. The fires burned for several weeks and the damage caused is still visible to this day. On 26 June, 50 properties in Carrbrook were evacuated as the fire advanced towards the settlement. Carrbrook is now part of a high fire risk zone. The village school is named Buckton Vale Primary. The current school is the 3rd building.

Music

Every year on Whit Friday, Carrbrook is host to a popular brass band contest which takes place in the car park opposite the Buckton Vale Institute.

References

External links

Carrbrook Brass Band
provided by the Tameside Borough Council website.
Carrbrook Village
- Community website.
Carrbrook Heritage Trail
- A local history project commissioned on behalf of the British National Lottery heritage fund by the Carrbrook Heritage Group.
Carrbrook Whit Friday Brass Band Contest
Areas of Greater Manchester Geography of Tameside Towns and villages of the Peak District {{GreaterManchester-geo-stub