[Closed] Tell me about...Romiley

Not too different TBH. Bit closer to the motorway. Bit further from the trails. No cinema, but it does have Polocini café

While the places you've mentioned are a bit..

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Romiley is more...

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Does that help?

That Polocini cafe looks cool 🙂

The main difference I've noticed between Marple/Poynton/Disley/New Mills is Romiley is a bit scruffy and less 'villagey' feeling.

That's based on visiting for shopping and using the leisure centre. I've not actually lived there.

I've heard a lot of -ve stories about New Mills, mostly to do with drug abuse amongst the youth population and related crime.

Marple has a great village feel & the shops are pretty good. Ditto Poynton. Poynton's top of my list for our next house move.

Binners - not really, as I can't see the second pic 🙂

Is that better? Basically, just work on the principle that the closer you get to the picturesque joy that is Stockport, the worse it is! I personally wouldn't live anywhere that involved the A6, south of Manchester, to get anywhere. Does that help?

Yes, I can see it now. And I think you're confusing it with Glossop 🙂

And I know you're a North Manchester evangelist, but I'd prefer to have indoor plumbing and electric lighting 😉

Picky bugger! 😉

What can one say, one was brought up in Cheshire and one wishes to maintain certain standards.

One was actually born in Glossop, but one doesn't mention that if one can help it...

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One was actually born in Glossop,

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I personally wouldn't live anywhere that involved the A6, south of Manchester, to get anywhere.

Ditto.

The A6 south from Stockport is an absolute swine during the day, and an absolute bar-steward during rush hour(s).

It took me almost an hour to get from Stockport station back home to Hawk Green the other friday (during rush hour). It's only maybe 5 miles. Compare this with 40 minutes to get the 12 miles home from work (Wythenshawe to Hawk Green) at the same time of day.

Thankfully I rarely need to use the A6, but I would seriously consider whether my day to day travels would necessitate using the A6, and if so look at other areas to live.

Romiley is the same as any and every other area of Stockport other than Brinnington and Adswood (don't....just don't) and Mellor (see below) in that they have council estates that are getting on in age and as such, are not as nice as they once were. The Cherry Tree estate in Romiley has a very poor reputation, much like the Rose Hill and Waterside estates in Marple and Offerton estate in, predicatably, Offerton.
As Romiley is a compact area, it feels the effect of the estate more than most areas.
The Cambridge Road area of Woodley (just up the hill from Romiley) is nice but don't go to far or you'll be in to Woodley's council area.
*Disclaimer to appease the serially offended*
I am by no means a Council Estate Fascist being born in a house in Gorton's council housing estate and brought up screaming and kicking on Offerton Council Estate.
I'd bin all of the above and any other apart from Mellor. yes. Mellor. Go there. Beautiful and the only area of Stockport that is correctly noted as being a village.
Even Heald Green and Gatley have council owned houses although they try their best not to admit it 🙂

One was actually born in Glossop,

Cool! You get to count to 37 without running out of toes! 😀

Why's everyone posting pics of my cousin/brother/uncle BillyJoBob? 🙂

Cheers Monksie. Is there much actually in Mellor (like shops'n'stuff).

My Dad was born and brought up in Gorton BTW. Him and my mum got married in Gorton Monastery. She was from Denton though and married beneath herself 🙂

[i]You get to count to 37 without running out of toes! [/i]

Problem is I'm 38 🙂

Mellor is very nice indeed, near open countryside, however there isn't much to it. The nearest shops to Mellor would be in Maple Bridge (very, very nice indeed).
Mellor and Marple Bridge will add an extra nought onto any property price that is in Romiley.

I still call Marple a village ( I know that it isn't) because we live in the countryfied part.

Poynton is still lovely and as you know now has a Waitrose - Swoon.

I went through this exact decision 12 months ago. We considered Romiley for awhile but decided against it in the end simply because it was too rough. Marple was a close contender but the only affordable properties were in the old council estates (Rose Hill etc). Moved to Hayfield in the end.

I thought Poynton was full of footballers, WAG's and private-plated Range Rovers.....and therefore absolutely frightful!!

I thought Poynton was full of footballers, WAG's and private-plated Range Rovers.....and therefore absolutely frightful!!

No, that's Wilmslow/Alderley Edge. Poynton has always struck me as pretty normal. Although I think Poyntonists like to perpetuate the image of being posher than it really is. Maybe because technically Poynton is not part of Stockport.

[i]Poynton is still lovely and as you know now has a Waitrose[/i]

Well, I have got quite used to shopping in Waitrose 😳

[i]I thought Poynton was full of footballers, WAG's and private-plated Range Rovers[/i]

Nah, it's not [i]quite[/i] into The Only Way Is Cheshire country, it's just the boundary. Think of it as the River Stix to Prestbury's Hades 🙂

I've lived all over the Uk from Inverness to Portsmouth, and I'd say the best place I've lived out of all of them, is Whaley bridge . If you want to have the outdoors on your doorstep I'd find it hard to beat it. Plus a regular train if you want to get into the ghetto for nights out etc.

[i]Although I think Poyntonists like to perpetuate the image of being posher than it really is.[/i]

I've said it before and I'll say it again, those living North of Brookside Garden Centre clean the houses and/or offices, or work in the businesses, of those living South of Brookside Garden centre 😉

[i]Maybe because technically Poynton is not part of Stockport.[/i]

Oi, there's no 'technically' about it sunshine 🙂

Whalley Bridge all the other places are not even close to being as good based on your comments.

[i]mattrgee

Moved to Hayfield in the end[/i]

Where do you work (if you dont' mind me asking? I like Hayfield but I thought that it'd be an arse commuting wise?

Avoid Mellor and Poynton - they're both full of lacrosse players ...

I like Hayfield but I thought that it'd be an arse commuting wise?

You've just summed up everywhere on your list 😀

If you're commuting by car towards Manchester, Stockport or the M60, Binners speaks truth

Yeah, I know I'm hardly heading for a commuters' paradise, but Hayfield's

a) even further out
b) hasn't got a train station

Alright, to turn it on it's head a bit, if I wanted somewhere that's not a god-awful commute into Manchester and is still vaguely on the edge of rurality, here would I go?

North! 😉

Specifically?

Seriously fella. I know we're all banging on about it, but there's a good reason. The A6 at rush hour is absolutely horrendous!! In fact, its absolutely horrendous all the time. Full stop! I'd seriously suggest that wherever you're contemplating moving, you try to drive from there into Manchester or Stockport at 8am in the morning, then do the reverse journey at 5.15pm

If you reckon you could face that on a regular basis, then good luck to you. I couldn't personally. That's for certain! I don't know how people do it every day, without getting all Falling Down about it!

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My mate, rides his road bike to the city of Manchester stadium and back every day fir work, but he is a fitness monster! When I lived in Whaley Bridge, alot of my mates commuted by train to manc every day. Straight through line with no changes, easy peazy 🙂 I worked in the lower middle class suburban blandness that is Poynton 😉

As said above, driving into manc during rush hour from anywhere on the edge of the peaks, is madness.

My wife drives from Hayfield to New Mills (free parking) and gets the train into Manchester. £90 a month iirc.

You'd get more for your money in Whaley Bridge though.

Oh aye, I'm no stranger to the fact that the A6 is an utter nightmare. There are (or hopefully will be) other options though (different route, train, bike etc) and it'll depend on where we get jobs anyway.

I like the idea of SW Manc though because, well, I know it, and it offers the mix of near to work/transport links (important for me as a contractor) and near to the country.

To be honest, I don't really know North Manc at all and I'm open to other ideas, but those are key criteria.

Oh, and she's rom Yorkshire, so it'll take some convincing to get her to live in Lancashire 🙂

Whaley Bridge is awesome. Very easy to get the train into Manchester, and a short drive/ride to Chinley and you can get the train to Sheffield in 45 minutes.

Alright, to turn it on it's head a bit, if I wanted somewhere that's not a god-awful commute into Manchester and is still vaguely on the edge of rurality, here would I go?

Saddleworth (but keep it quiet please). Bit of a pain to drive but you can get the train from greenfield into town in about 20 mins, close to M62, new cafes where folk seem to enjoy sitting outside of in subzero temps, good food, normal folk and annoying snobs, sociable riding group head out from greenfield, and folk dont really give a toss if you ride on wednesday afternoon bridleways.

Oh, and she's rom Yorkshire, so it'll take some convincing to get her to live in Lancashire

Solves that one too! Ok it is oldham, lancashire postcode but they are quite proud of their white rose

A chap at work once summarised Romiley as the place where people from Marple go for a fight.
I'm quite lucky not to have to commute at rush hour very often. The A6 is truly horrible, you knew that..! We do have other roads round here though...!!
Coming in to M'cr at rush hour from the north can be as much fun as the A6.

We looked all round this side of Manchester, from Diggle down to Chinley and across to Knutsford. NO matter where you look you'll find good points and bad points. The eastern side Manchester is not bad - lower property prices on the whole, and the trains from Mossley etc are pretty good, but the roads aren't great

New Mills is a bit interbred

Chinley's a bit of a bugger to get to / from

Poynton's on the wrong end of the A6

Knutsford prices are higher due to the perceived affluenece

Prestbury is full of Nouveau Riche

etc etc etc

FWIW, my Dad commuted from Poynton to the centre of Manc for 30 years and rarely used the A6.

Have you still got access to his tunnel?

Tunnel? Sorry, maybe I should have been clearer.

[b]Daddy, who was a stockbroker,[/b] commuted from Poynton to the centre of Manc for 30 years and rarely used the A6

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😉

😆 @IHN.

I live in New Mills. Nice enough place, got most things you could want on a day-to-day basis and good commuter links in terms of trains to Sheffield, Buxton and Manchester.

Re commuting: most places round this way seize solid in the mornings and evenings - Romiley, Marple, Disley, Stockport, they're all basically access roads to the M60.

Romiley seems OK on the face of it but I don't really know it that well, I mostly just drive/ride/get the train through it.

Hayfield is probably the nicest place to live but it's even more a pain for commuting (no train station).

Just as soon as I'm allowed to move from that London I will be taking a very close look at Ramsbottom as a near perfect place to live

With that famous Binners just down the road too

What's so good about Ramsbottom (apart from its proximity to BinBins, obviously)?

Haha, that helicopter was always parked up when I used to ride my bike along the Middlewood way.

Disley is quite nice. Has all the little independent shops, railway station, near gorgeous countryside, close to lots of mtbing trails. Downside are the house prices ( a little on the high side) and of course proximity to the A6.

That should be reason enough! What else do you want? The moon on a stick?

Binners has a point. Rammy is V.nice.

I'd have a look on the north side too. Prestwich, Whitefield etc.

If you're looking to the future then the house [url= http://streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=398900&y=387400&z=0&sv=398900,387400&st=4&mapp=map.srf&searchp=ids.srf ]on Mellor Moor[/url] is perfect - heli spot and own windsock.

Well Binnykins, you might move, so what else is there in Ramsbottom to distract from the feeling of utter emptiness and grief that such a tragedy would engender?

Road bike commute on the A6 would be OK surely? Uphill on the way back like but you could always make it one way with a train ride home in the evening if the miles were a bit excessive.

Its quite nice out West..

We live in Sandiway, just along from Delamere, and is pretty spot on for commuting.

We've got steam trains and everyfink! Why don't you pop in when you're up next and I'll show you around. Bring a bike 😀

[i]Its quite nice out West..[/i]

Yeah, I quite like proper rural Cheshire; my sister lives in Sandbach. Bit flat though for gnarly off-road pursuits.

Easy access to Manc and the 'Pool workwise though I suppose.

I'd feel vulnerable driving the A6, never mind riding it.

Leroy - I know the owner of that house. Can only see a map though.

Bit flat though for gnarly off-road pursuits.

Aye, thats the biggest downside.

And the reason I bought a singlespeed.

Was a bit much riding Delamere on a 6" trail bike.. 😳

Padfield anyone? Perhaps even Marsden?

Whaley Bridge is still a good spot.

Hayfield used to to have a station I remember it.

so what else is there in Ramsbottom to distract from the feeling of utter emptiness and grief that such a tragedy would engender?

For me it has a great mix of shops - very close to the motorway network - cheapish housing but above all steep sided valley for biking and walking.

Also 'steps of doom' within 5 mins of steam train station

[quote=mt ]Padfield anyone? Perhaps even Marsden?
Whaley Bridge is still a good spot.
Hayfield used to to have a station I remember it.

Marsden's nice. Hayfield station is long gone, the sett valley trail is now a bridleway from New Mills to Hayfield

I'd feel vulnerable driving the A6, never mind riding it.

It's fine, I ride it regularly. Not "pleasant" but fine.
From New Mills/Marple/Romiley, there's actually mostly off-road commuting right into Manchester on towpaths, cycle lanes and old railway lines. It's lovely in summer.

Fwiw marple/disley commute to the Christie takes me 20 mins, i have set off at 6.45 and it means i get to work an hour early but on the plus side i can have a shit and read the paper/play angry birds with a bit of peace & quiet.

I'd feel vulnerable driving the A6, never mind riding it.

Heading south, once you're through Hazel Grove the A6 is fine to cycle. I do it regularly. It's single carriageway and nice and wide. I've never felt unsafe or had proximity issues with the many HGVs that use the route.

The other direction, through Hazel Grove and towards Stockport, would be a bit hairy. I've done it once (as far as Stepping Hill).

[i]i can have a shit and read the paper/play angry birds with a bit of peace & quiet. [/i]

Ah, it's the small pleasures, eh?

i can have a shit and read the paper/play angry birds with a bit of peace & quiet.

Ah, it's the small pleasures, eh?

High light of my working day.

You know Disley is the only sensible option. Cant be more than a 40min train journey into town. The station carpark even used to be free - well it was about 20 years ago 🙂

The moorside hotel is no longer - heard it's gonna get converted into a supermarket which will **** you over on the traffic front

Oh and Disley has the best bike shop - miles better than 18 bikes - Freeride cycles it's mint!

Bunnyhop: Can only see a map though.

Me? Photos? Have you seen my mobile?

[quote=banks ]The moorside hotel is no longer - heard it's gonna get converted into a supermarket which will **** you over on the traffic front
Oh and Disley has the best bike shop - miles better than 18 bikes - Freeride cycles it's mint!

There's all sorts of rumours flying round about the moorside. Can't see it becoming a supermarket though. Rumour i heard was that it was to become a residential outdoor activity centre specialising in courses for "bad lads"

Have you thought about somewhere more central...

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It's defo going to be a young offenders place, I tried to book in there for work last week ! It should be well used being on the edge of Stockport 😉

Borstal? Doubt as there's no money and they closed the same thing at Undley Hall. Suppose we'll see.

I'd like a wacky warehouse for bigger kids

I used to work at the Moorside part time when still at school. The general behavour of the people who typically went there for weddings and xmas partys would put young offenders to shame.

There's a bit of a buzz going around a certain establishment that the Moorside could be becoming a Prison Service Hospice.
Road riding the A6 is fun. Nothing like as frightening as people seem to believe.
Semms Link road is going to have a massively positive effect on Hazel Grove's traffic but you may need to have a look at it's route before you buy a house Mr N.

I heard it was going to be a nuclear waste dump, now the Cumbria ones been scuppered. The hideous physical deformities caused by any radiation leak, would simply pass unnoticed amongst the local population 😀

We've just moved up north about a month ago.

Was looking around Cheadle Hulme initially, but preferred Poynton as it felt a bit more like a small town than a suburb.

But... then we decided to go north of Manc instead, and I'm glad we did as we got a much bigger house for our money and we're living in a really nice area with great schools right on the edge of the countryside.

The pies aren't bad either.

Semms Link road is going to have a massively positive effect on Hazel Grove's traffic but you may need to have a look at it's route before you buy a house Mr N.

After the 5 years of complete traffic carnage caused by building the bloody thing...

mattrgee

Moved to Hayfield in the end

Where do you work (if you dont' mind me asking? I like Hayfield but I thought that it'd be an arse commuting wise?

I work in Stockport. I leave at 7am and I'm in Stockport by 7:35. The odd day takes 45 minutes but more often than not I'm there in just over 30 minutes. The return journey is pretty much the same, leave at 4pm and home by 4:40 and out on the bike by 5:30 after a quick tea 🙂

I'd rather spend 15 minutes extra in the car and live somewhere nice with awesome trails then make do with somewhere else. That's literally the decision we made 12 months ago when we bought our first house.

All this fuss about the A6 is overblown, yes it's busy but show me a road into a city which isn't?

The local rag suggests the moorside in Disley will be a naughty boys home. Shame, it's a nice spot.

Is Glossop really as bad as everyone says? 😕