It has frequent trains to Stockport and the nearby city of Manchester.

The line has its main core which was expanded into a complex system of branches and divergences serving also the major towns and cities of Northampton, Coventry, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Stoke-on-Trent, Macclesfield, Stockport, Manchester, Runcorn, and Liverpool ; there is also a link to Edinburgh, but this is not the direct route between London and Edinburgh.

Their closest rival in the Football League years ( for just three years they were in the same league ) has been Stockport County, however as Stockport County were relegated at the end of the 2010 – 2011 season this derby will not take place in the 2011 – 12 season.

Stockport has never been a sea or river port.

The Mersey is not navigable to anything much above canoe size ; in the centre of Stockport it has been culverted and the main shopping street, Merseyway, built above it.

Hegginbotham reported ( in 1892 ) the discovery of Roman mosaics at Castle Hill ( around Stockport market ) in the late 18th century, during the construction of a mill, but noted it was " founded on tradition only "; substantial stonework has never been dated by modern methods.

Stockport Town Hall designed by Sir Alfred Brumwell Thomas, has a ballroom described by John Betjeman as ' magnificent ' containing the largest Wurlitzer theatre organ in Britain.

Stockport College has sites in the town centre and Heaton Moor.

Since 1972, Stockport has been twinned with Béziers in France.

Ann Coffey ( born 31 August 1946 ) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Stockport since 1992.

She was selected to contest the Conservative held marginal Stockport constituency at the 1992 General Election and she defeated the sitting Conservative MP Tony Favell by 1, 422 and has remained the MP there since.

Ashmore wrote in 1975 that " Stockport has ceased to be a cotton town.

Vocally, the support from Stockport fans has often been cited by managers and players as inspirational and a huge boost to the team during play, with their influence likened to having a twelfth player on the field, and Stockport supporters often receive praise from other players & managers, both at home and away, for their loyal and vocal support.

Hyde also has Hyde bus station, with services into Manchester and other surrounding areas, including Stockport, Ashton-under-Lyne, Oldham and Glossop.

Smile has its call centre based at a unique pyramid building in Stockport.

Under the Local Government Act 1972 the Cheadle and Gatley Urban District was abolished, and Cheadle Hulme has, since 1 April 1974, formed an unparished area of the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport within the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester.

Cardiff Central, Haymarket, and Stockport are notable for having a platform 0 ; in the past Preston has also had one.

It has also been adapted by fans of Stockport County F. C., who call it " The Scarf My Father Wore " or simply " The Anthem ".

The town has two primary schools, Whaley Bridge Primary School and Taxal and Fernilee Church of England Primary School, although for secondary education children travel further afield, typically to Chapel-en-le-Frith, New Mills, Hope Valley, Buxton, Macclesfield or Stockport.

He has been President of the Stockport Liberal Democrat Constituency Party since 2007.

He has previously played for Portsmouth, Stoke City, Torquay United, Plymouth Argyle, Grimsby Town, Bristol Rovers, Southampton, Lincoln City, Stockport County, Barnet and Aldershot Town.

In Stockport, he joined local bands The Rainmakers and then The Motown Sect who enjoyed playing northern clubs for three years.

Stockport Metro Swimming Club, based at Grand Central Pools, is the most successful British swimming club, through the last three Olympic Games.

The new crest was still based on the Stockport coat of arms, though the " Animo Et Fide " motto was removed, along with a patch of green at the base of the badge ; the flag of Cheshire, featuring a sword and three wheatsheaves, replaced the golden lozenges & crosslets in the shield.

In 1902 the club required a larger ground and moved to Edgeley Park, then home of the rugby league club Stockport, who went out of business three years later.

Stockport County and Manchester City met six times between 1997 and 2002, with Stockport County winning three times, losing once and drawing twice.

Rochdale have participated in the Football League playoffs on three occasions: 2002, where they lost 4 – 3 on aggregate to Rushden and Diamonds, 2008, where they went through to Wembley on penalties, 5 – 4 after a 3 – 3 draw aet over 2 legs, with Ben Muirhead netting the crucial penalty for Dale, however at Wembley despite scoring the first Goal Dale suffered a 3 – 2 loss to Stockport.

Hamann resigned as Stockport County boss on 7 November 2011, citing the failure of the proposed takeover by Tony Evans to materialise ; his team were languishing in 17th place having taken only three wins from his nineteen league games in charge.

This lineup recorded three tracks at Strawberry Studios in Stockport played one gig at the Phun City Festival in July 1970 before Taylor and Lenoir left.

At Strawberry Studios in Stockport, they recorded a session, produced by Wallis's father, of which three tracks are known to survive, " Boo!

He also hit hat-tricks in the league against tougher opposition, bagging three against both Clapton Orient and Stockport County.

When he took charge Stockport were seventeenth in the league, just two points above the relegation zone, having won just three of their opening twenty games.

Relegation to the third tier loomed in their final game of the season at Stockport County, with three minutes left and no score.

After getting a trial by writing to the club and asking for one, left-footed Welsh made his professional debut for Stockport County in October 2001, going on to make 85 appearances in his three years at the club.

A one-month deal was agreed with Stockport County, which was extended to three months after some impressive performances.

As well as these three clubs, he has also spent loan periods at Preston North End, Darlington, Leeds United, Stockport County, and Port Vale.

With Cheadle and Norbury, Bramall was one of three places described in the Domesday Book that today lie within the modern-day Metropolitan Borough of Stockport.

Brinnington has three churches: St. Luke's ( Anglican ), St. Bernadette's ( Roman Catholic ), and Brinnington Community Church at the Lighthouse Centre ( formerly Brinnington Evangelical Church ) which until the end of 2010 was part of Stockport Family Church, but as of September 2011 became a church plant from Heaton Chapel Christian Church.

On 9 October 2008, Fojut began a one month loan spell at Stockport County in League One, where he managed just three games due to a hamstring problem.

Within a month of getting the estates he had sold Underbank Hall in Stockport, and in 1825 most of the Bredbury lands were sold in lots, realising in three days nearly GB £ 154, 000.

He currently resides with his wife and three children in Stockport.