| Marple Links |
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If you find any links that no longer work, please
let me know.
| Weather, Maps & Waterways Info | |
| Walking Routes.co.uk this site features links to our walks plus hundreds of others all around the country. | |
| UK Maps - Marple | |
| British Waterways Site | |
| Inland Waterways Association | |
| Stockport Canal Boat Trust (New Horizons) | |
| The Pennine Waterways Website - Lots of information about local waterways, including a 'VIRTUAL TRIP' along the Peak Forest Canal. | |
| Top Lock Training - The home of friendly and professional inland water training in the North West. | |
| Trafalgar Marine Services Ltd - Supplier of canal boat fenders and trips on narrowboats. | |
| Reed Hotel Boats - A useful guide to the canals and waterways across the whole of the UK. |
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| Local Information | |
| Marple Civic Society | |
| Mellor Open Gardens | |
| Stockport Heritage Magazine | |
| Chadkirk Chapel and Chadkirk Festival | |
| Mellor Church and Parish Centre | |
| Two complimentary sites concerning local childcare and children's activities - Family info Link and Childcare Link | |
| Ludworth Primary School Site | |
| Rose Hill Primary School Site | |
| The Dale Primary School Site | |
| St. Mary's Parish Church, Marple Bridge & New Mills www.stmarysmarplebridge.org.uk/ | |
| Roman Lakes - Web site of Roman Lakes Leisure Park | |
| Network Offerton - The Community site for Offerton | |
| Pure Radio Stockport's Community Radio Station | |
| Mellor Village Website mellorvillage.org.uk | |
| A Mellor Boyhood - A wonderful story of Life in Mellor Village between Two World Wars - by Geoff Heath - There is a lot to read here, it's best to visit every page in quick succession then disconnect and read offline at your leisure. | |
| Pictures of Mellor - Photographs of Mellor - also by Geoff Heath | |
| What's on at the Regent Cinema | |
| What's on at the Carver Theatre | |
| Stockport Councillor Pages | |
| Citizen's Advice Bureau Page | |
| Marple Hall School Site | |
| Marple Hall School Geography Department | |
| Cheadle & Marple Sixth Form College Site | |
| Peacefield Primary School Site | |
| Brabyns Preparatory School Site | |
| All Saints' Church Site | |
| Marple Methodist Church Site | |
| Marple Christian Youth Chris and Ian! | |
| Marple Cottage Surgery | |
| Marple Medical Practice | |
| The Goyt Valley Pastorate of the United Reformed Churches Website has separate pages for Marple, Marple Bridge and New Mills Churches. "One Church serving 3 communities" | |
| Liz Sparkes' personal family history site with information about Mellor and the census of 1841. |
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| Local Activities & Clubs | |
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Silk-n-Threads Blog of local textile artists. |
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Heartbeat Chorus an exciting and glamorous Local 40 strong Ladies Four Part Accapella Harmony and Choral Group |
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kids-church.net The website for Kids’ Church at All Saints’ Parish Church located on Church Lane. |
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Cycle Stockport the Focal Point of all things Cycling in Stockport! |
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Glen Jakes Riding School in Offerton |
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B 1st Riding School in High Lane. |
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TransPeak Walks A not for profit voluntary group offering "free to the public" guided walks in The Peak Park and specialising in linear Station to Station walks. |
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Radio Starlion - broadcasts a varied mix of music programmes, news, information, features and sport, 24 hours a day, to the patients of Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, England. |
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Marple Bridge and Mellor U3A University of the Third Age |
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Marple U3A University of the Third Age |
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| Bredbury Stockport Boxing Club | |
| Mellor Lacrosse Club Portal | |
| Marple Round Table organisers of the Marple Raft Race. | |
| Hawk Green Band web site of The Hawk Green (Marple) Band | |
| Marple Band web site of The Marple Band | |
| Marple Rugby Club | |
| Marple Karate Club Marple Bujinkai Karate Club - train in Marple Methodist Church every Monday. | |
| Dragon Miniature Railway Miniature Railway run by volunteers in the grounds of Wyevale Garden Centre. | |
| Hawk Green Reading Rooms the meeting place for clubs and societies of the local community. | |
| Mellor FC Football Club | |
| Marple Athletic Football Club | |
| Marple Cricket Club For team details, fixtures, results and other club news. | |
| Hawk Green Hoe Down Club | |
| High-Peak Woodcraft Folk | |
| Marple Cycle Routes | |
| Marple Arts | |
| Marple Rifle & Pistol Club | |
| Marple Choral Society Society | |
| Strines Tennis Club | |
| Marple Swimming Club Homepage | |
| Manchester Canoe Club - MCC has its own site on the River Goyt at Marple, where they regularly hold slalom competitions and river races. |
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| Regional & Community Sites | |
| Reddish.info A community website aimed at the Reddish area. | |
| Mellor Archaeological Trust The story of the fascinating archaeological discoveries at Mellor. | |
| Wythenshawe365 An independent website dedicated to the development of a Wythenshawe online community | |
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www.holmeschapel.net The Holmes Chapel village web site - a community website containing local news and information relating to the Cheshire village of Holmes Chapel. |
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Marple Bridge Association A local organisation dedicated to the promotion and improvement of the Marple Bridge Area. |
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| Action Etherow & Goyt is one of a network of action partnerships across the Mersey and Ribble river basins. | |
| Footpaths.org.uk Alderley Edge and Wilmslow Footpaths Preservation Society | |
| hawkgreen.org.uk Hawk Green Residents' Association | |
| strines.org.uk Strines Area Residents' Association | |
| newmillsweb.com The Community web site for New Mills. | |
| www.british-towns.net Links to thousands of communities in the British towns and villages network. | |
| www.Find-our-Community.net Find local sites for most areas of the country. | |
| yourstockport.co.uk A directory of useful information about Stockport Town. | |
| www.cheadle-cheshire.net A site covering one of our near neighbours. | |
| Virtual-Knutsford The ultimate guide to Knutsford in Cheshire | |
| Cheshire Walks | |
| Wythenshawe Online | |
| Hayfield Web Site | |
| Tameside Links | |
| "Our Manchester" - A portal to 7 web sites covering various aspects of the history of Greater Manchester created by ex-pat David Boardman. |
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| Marple-ite Sites | |
| These sites are not necessarily related to the subject of Marple but have been given a place here because they are created by fellow Marple-ites. If you have one, let me know. | |
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The Marple Leaf Blog - Blog of local man Michael Taylor |
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Cutting Images Art Web site of local artist Steve Abbott |
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www.mastsanity.org Created by local girl Lisa Oldham. |
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The Turnbull Studio exhibiting the work of local photographer Kate Turnbull. |
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2 Sites from Mellor's most prolific Webmaster, Geoff Heath: |
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| George Amos' Telescope and Satellite Tracking site. | |
| Access FP - FrontPage Resource Centre. | |
| David Apsley's Home Page | |
| Ex-Marple-ite Derek Newton plays in The Liberty Street Jazz Band | |