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.

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.

Local Activities & Clubs

Stockport Peace Forum

Hare & Hounds Classic Vehicle Club

Silk-n-Threads Blog of local textile artists.

Mellor & Townscliffe Golf Club

Stockport & District Railway Modellers

Heartbeat Chorus an exciting and glamorous  Local 40 strong Ladies Four Part Accapella Harmony and Choral Group

kids-church.net The website for Kids’ Church at All Saints’ Parish Church located on Church Lane.

Cycle Stockport the Focal Point of all things Cycling in Stockport!

Glen Jakes Riding School in Offerton

Compstall Cricket Club.

B 1st Riding School in High Lane.

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.

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.

Etherow Country Park Sailing Club

Etherow Model Boat Club

Marple Bridge and Mellor U3A University of the Third Age

Marple U3A University of the Third Age

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.

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

 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.

Marple Bridge Association A local organisation dedicated to the promotion and improvement of the Marple Bridge Area. 

Action Etherow & Goyt is one of a network of action partnerships across the Mersey and Ribble river basins.

The Mellor Society

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.

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.

The Marple Leaf Blog - Blog of local man Michael Taylor

Cutting Images Art Web site of local artist Steve Abbott

www.mastsanity.org Created by local girl Lisa Oldham.

The Turnbull Studio exhibiting the work of local photographer Kate Turnbull.

2 Sites from Mellor's most prolific Webmaster, Geoff Heath:

An illustrated Family History

Cryptic Crosswords

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