Summerseat

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Summerseat
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The Waterside bar and restaurant in 2007;
it was destroyed by floods in 2015
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Summerseat
Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference SD795145
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BURY
Postcode district BL9
Dialling code 01706/01204
Police Greater Manchester
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Ambulance North West
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UK
England
Greater Manchester
53°37′48″N2°18′32″W / 53.630°N 2.309°W / 53.630; -2.309
The graveyard by Rowlands Methodist Church Summerseat Graveyard.jpg
The graveyard by Rowlands Methodist Church

Summerseat is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England; [1] [2] it is sited directly south of Ramsbottom.

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History

The 200-year-old Joshua Hoyles' cotton mill, a Grade II listed building, on the banks of the River Irwell, was redeveloped into residential apartments in the 1980s. The Waterside Inn, built on Kay Street Bridge, as a creche for the adjacent mill, was also to have been redeveloped [ citation needed ], but collapsed during Storm Eva in December 2015. [3] [4] The bridge was also damaged, [5] but it has since been rebuilt and the road across it is in use.

Geography

Historically part of Lancashire, Summerseat lies in the Irwell Valley, on the course of the River Irwell to the north of Bury and along the route of the M66 motorway.

Amenities

The village has a Costcutter store and two public houses: the Footballer's Inn [6] and the Hamer's Arms. [7]

Transport

Summerseat railway station is a stop on the heritage East Lancashire Railway, which connects Haywood, Bury Bolton Street and Rawtenstall. It operates every weekend throughout the year, with additional services on some Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays between Easter and the end of September. [8]

References

  1. ↑ New Ward Boundaries (200) (PDF), Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2010
  2. ↑ Districts and boundaries, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, retrieved 19 September 2010
  3. ↑ "UK floods: Homes evacuated amid heavy rain". BBC News. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "Aerial footage shows 200-year-old pub destroyed as River Irwell floods". Daily Telegraph. 26 December 2015. Archived from the original on 6 March 2017.
  5. ↑ Hopkins, Daniel (27 May 2020). "Work begins on repairing Summerseat bridge damaged by floods". Bury Times. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "The Footballers Inn". Onion Ring. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "Home". Hamer's Arms. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Timetables". East Lancashire Railway. Retrieved 18 March 2025.


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