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Looking from Heaton Moor, through Heaton Chapel to Reddish HeatonMoorRd4539.JPG
Looking from Heaton Moor, through Heaton Chapel to Reddish

The Four Heatons are four neighbourhoods, Heaton Chapel, Heaton Mersey, Heaton Moor and Heaton Norris, [1] which form a suburban area of Stockport in North West England. North of the River Mersey, they were historically split, with Heaton Mersey and Heaton Moor in Cheshire and Heaton Norris and Heaton Chapel in Lancashire. [1]

It is a commuter zone, with greenbelt and a conservation area, [1] and is coterminous with the SK4 postcode district. [2]

Bridge by Heaton Chapel railway station. Heaton Moor - Heaton Chapel boundary.jpg
Bridge by Heaton Chapel railway station.

The opening of railway stations, at Heaton Norris in 1840 and Heaton Chapel in 1853, [3] resulted in the suburbanisation of the Four Heatons.

The area is home to various retailers, as well as bars, delis, independent music venues and a privately owned single-screen cinema. [1] [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Stockport Council. "Four Heatons". stockport.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  2. The Four Heatons Traders Association. "About Us". fourheatons.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  3. Slater, J.N., ed. (July 1974). "Notes and News: Stations renamed by LMR". Railway Magazine . 120 (879). London: IPC Transport Press Ltd: 363. ISSN   0033-8923.
  4. "Four Heatons Traders Association | Making the Heatons a better place to live, work and prosper" . Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  5. "About the Friends of Heaton Chapel Station | Friends Of Heaton Chapel Station". www.friendsofheatonchapelstation.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2016.