| Romiley | |
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 Stockport Road in Romiley | |
  Romiley Location withinGreater Manchester | |
| Population | 10,900 (Built up area, 2021)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SJ945905 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STOCKPORT |
| Postcode district | SK6 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| UK Parliament | |
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Romiley is a village in theMetropolitan Borough of Stockport,Greater Manchester, England.Historically part ofCheshire, it bordersMarple,Bredbury andWoodley. At the2021 census, the built up area had a population of 10,900.
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Romiley (orRvmelie inMedieval Latin) is documented in theDomesday Book of 1086 as being predominantlyagricultural, with 16 ploughlands (areas defined as 120 acres each) and 9 squareleagues of woodland. It had no recorded population.[2]
Romiley's agricultural nature continued during the centuries leading up to the lateVictorian era, when it became aresidential area with a small district centre.
ThePeak Forest Canal flows around the west and south of Romiley. It was completed in 1805. Although much of the canal fell into disuse by the early 1960s, it was restored and subsequently reopened in April 1974.[3]
There is one main tier of local government covering Romiley, atmetropolitan borough level:Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. The council is a member of theGreater Manchester Combined Authority, which is led by the directly-electedMayor of Greater Manchester. Romiley forms part of theBredbury Green and Romiley electoral ward for elections to the council.[4]
For national representation, Romiley forms part of theHazel Grove constituency.[5]
Romiley was historically atownship andchapelry in theancient parish of Stockport, which formed part of theMacclesfield Hundred of Cheshire.[6] From the 17th century onwards, parishes were gradually given various civil functions under thepoor laws, in addition to their original ecclesiastical functions. In some cases, including Stockport, the civil functions were exercised by each township separately rather than the parish as a whole. In 1866, the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws, and so Romiley became acivil parish.[7]
In 1880, Romiley was added to thelocal government district ofBredbury, which had been created in 1865, and the district was renamedBredbury and Romiley.[8][9] Local government districts were reconstituted asurban districts under theLocal Government Act 1894.[10]
Romiley continued to form a civil parish within the Bredbury and Romiley Urban District after 1894, but as anurban parish it had no parish council. The parishes within the urban district were united into a single parish called Bredbury and Romiley in 1936, when the district was also enlarged to take inCompstall and there were more minor adjustments to the boundaries with neighbouring areas.[11][12] In 1931 (the last census before its abolition), Romiley parish had a population of 3,722.[13]
Bredbury and Romiley Urban District was abolished in 1974 under theLocal Government Act 1972. The area became part of theMetropolitan Borough of Stockport inGreater Manchester.[14]
There are four primary schools: Romiley Primary School, Bredbury Green Primary School, St. Christopher's Catholic Primary School and Greave Primary School (which is on the border with Woodley).
Secondary education is provided byWerneth School andHarrytown Catholic High School in Bredbury, with much of the suburb being in the catchment area forMarple Hall School in nearby Marple.
Romiley has its own theatre, the Forum Theatre. This is a building owned byStockport Council but, since 2003, has been managed by NK Theatre Arts, a registered charity which provides all-inclusive performing arts workshops for children, young people and adults. The theatre is also used by many other local community groups in Stockport.[15]
There are many pubs in Romiley, including The Friendship Inn, Romiley Arms, Platform One, Duke of York and Stock Dove.
Romiley's surroundings are rural, although it is asuburb, with fields to the north, south and east. The nearby village of Compstall, situated between Romiley andMarple Bridge, is home to theEtherow Country Park. The park lies at the heart of the Etherow/Goyt Valley; it was one of Britain's first country parks and is one of the most widely visited parks in Stockport.[16]
The suburb is served byRomiley railway station, which is on theHope Valley Line betweenSheffield andManchester Piccadilly. Services run westbound to Manchester Piccadilly, either viaBredbury orWoodley; eastbound trains travel either toRose Hill Marple or toMarple and beyond toNew Mills Central and Sheffield.[17]
Romiley is served by several bus services, which are operated byStagecoach Manchester. The most regular services run on a Stockport circular route to Bredbury andPortwood (383 anticlockwise), and to Marple andOfferton (384 clockwise). There is also an hourly 382 service, which runs fromStockport to/from Woodley, via Romiley.[18]
Romiley contains fourconservation areas, a designation made by the local council to protect locations which have special architectural or historical character. They help reduce traffic, preserve wildlife and important landscapes; they restrict making changes which affect the look of the area, such as changing front doors, roofing, facades or windows.
The four conservation areas are:
A further conservation area adjoins Romiley at Hatherlow in Bredbury.
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