Offerton, Greater Manchester
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Offerton shown within Greater Manchester
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OS grid reference | SJ916885 |
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Metropolitan borough | Stockport |
Metropolitan county | Greater Manchester |
Region | North West |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | STOCKPORT |
Postcode district | SK2 |
Dialling code | 0161 |
Police | Greater Manchester |
Fire | Greater Manchester |
Ambulance | North West |
EU Parliament | North West England |
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Offerton is a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. It includes the areas of Bosden Farm, Foggbrook and the Offerton Estate. It had one high school, Offerton School, (formerly Goyt Bank) closed in August 2012. And now is home to castle hill high school The ward population at the UK Census 2011 was 13,720.[1]
History
In 1875 Offerton was one of eight civil parishes in Cheshire to be included in the Stockport Rural Sanitary District. The sanitary district became the Stockport Rural District in 1894. It became part of the Hazel Grove and Bramhall urban district in 1900. The district was abolished in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and its former area was transferred to Greater Manchester to be combined with that of other districts to form the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport.
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