Greater Manchester
Stockport
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Stockport is best known for its hat-making heritage, its huge railway viaduct, its historic market and its Greater Manchester rail links.
Postcode districts: SK1, SK2, SK3
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Stockport grew where the rivers Tame and Goyt meet to form the Mersey, first as a centre of hat-making — it once produced millions of hats a year, a story told at Stockport's hat museum — and later as a cotton town. Its enormous railway viaduct, one of the largest brick structures in Europe, dominates the town, and its market and 'underbanks' area preserve historic streets. Part of Greater Manchester with excellent rail links, Stockport has a strong and increasingly sought-after rental market.
Source notes: Summarised from Wikipedia ("Stockport", Wikidata Q660201 region; Q661619 region; Q659287 region; Q661) and Stockport Council / Hat Works museum information.
Page prepared 2026-11-07. Figures come from the official sources named on each card; where we don't have reliable data we say so.