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 6RN, OL6 9PU, OL6 6RA, OL6 6PJ, OL6 9HW, OL6 6UT, OL6 9SG, OL6 8EX, OL6 9PG … 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
- Holiday Inn - Manchester - Oldham 3 1.8 miles
- Village Hotel Manchester Ashton 4 1.4 miles
- Fairway Inn 4.1 miles
- Dakota Manchester 5 6.2 miles
- The Old Bell Inn 5.6 miles
- Leven Manchester 4 6.5 miles
- Grains Bar Hotel 3 5.8 miles
- Brewdog Doghouse Manchester 4 6.7 miles
- Wilde Aparthotels Manchester St. Peters Square 4 6.8 miles
- The Little Mill Inn 7.5 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