Ashton St. Michael's sits in Tameside, part of Greater Manchester, and covers areas close to the historic centre of Ashton-under-Lyne. The neighbourhood mixes older terraced housing and post‑war council estates with pockets of recent regeneration, and its streets still bear traces of the town’s industrial past in former mill buildings and nearby canal and river corridors such as the Ashton Canal and River Tame.
Locally there’s a strong sense of community, with the town centre market, civic buildings and transport links - including easy connections into Manchester - shaping everyday life; the ward reflects the social and economic contrasts common to many post‑industrial towns, alongside ongoing efforts to boost local facilities and investment.
Postcode districts covering Ashton St. Michael's
Most populated places nearby
- Manchester 6 miles
- Bradford 24.3 miles
- Oldham 3.5 miles
- Wigan 23.3 miles
- Warrington 22 miles
- Burnley 22 miles
- Huddersfield 16 miles
- Blackburn 24.7 miles
- Bolton 16.2 miles
- Stockport 6.5 miles
- Salford 8.5 miles
- Rochdale 9.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Ashton-under-Lyne Built-up area 0.5 miles
- Dukinfield Built-up area 1.1 miles
- Ashton Hurst Ward 1.2 miles
- St. Peter's Ward 1.3 miles
- Dukinfield Stalybridge Ward 1.3 miles
- Ashton Waterloo Ward 1.4 miles
- Stalybridge Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Stalybridge North Ward 1.6 miles
- Hyde Newton Ward 2.1 miles
- Audenshaw Built-up area 2.4 miles
- Medlock Vale Ward 2.4 miles
- Stalybridge South Ward 2.4 miles
Example postcodes in Ashton St. Michael's
OL6 9NY, OL6 8ER, OL6 9JL, OL6 6TA, OL6 8HG, OL6 6UJ, OL6 9SW, OL6 8JT, OL6 6UX … See all
Transport links
- Manchester Airport 12.5 miles
- Leeds Bradford International Airport 31 miles
- Ashton-under-Lyne Railway Station 0.6 miles
- Stalybridge Railway Station 0.8 miles
- Manchester Piccadilly Gardens Bus Station 6.6 miles
Hotels near Ashton St. Michael's Ad
- The Broadoak 0.8 miles
- Holiday Inn Manchester - Oldham 3 1.8 miles
- Village Hotel Manchester Hyde 3 1.9 miles
- Best Western Manchester Oldham Smokies Park Hotel 3 1.8 miles
- Village Hotel Manchester Ashton 4 1.5 miles
- Cove Minshull Street 4 6.5 miles
- Whitworth Locke 4 6.6 miles
- The White Hart 4 3.4 miles
- The Rex 5 6.8 miles
- Dakota Manchester 4 6.2 miles
Schools in Ashton St. Michael's
- Hurst Knoll St James' C of E Primary School Primary
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne Primary
- Parochial C of E Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-Lyne Primary
- St James' C of E Primary School Primary
- Tameside College Further education
- The Heys Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Ardotalia Archaeological site 4.6 miles
- Manchester Velodrome Stadium 4.7 miles
- Boundary Park Stadium 4.9 miles
- City of Manchester Stadium Stadium 5 miles
- Piccadilly Gardens Gardens 6.5 miles
- University of Manchester University 6.6 miles
- The University of Manchester School of Computer Science University 6.6 miles
- Manchester Museum (oxford road) Museum 6.6 miles
- Urbis Manchester Museum 6.7 miles
- Manchester Metropolitan University University 6.7 miles
- Manchester Art Gallery Museum 6.7 miles
- Manchester Evening News Arena Stadium 6.8 miles