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Stockport
Stockport lies between the cosmopolitan City of Manchester and the beautiful countryside of the Derbyshire Peaks and the Cheshire Plains. The area boasts excellent shopping facilities, a diverse and interesting range of visitor attractions, stunning countryside and a number of thriving local centres.
For more than 700 years, Stockport Market, overlooked by 13th century St Mary's Church, has been an important centre of trade. In 1852 Stockport's Cheese Hall was built for the town's cheese and dairy market, followed by the covered market hall in 1861. When restored in the 1980s to its original Victorian splendour, complete with decorative iron and glass, it won a Civic Trust award. The Cheese Market, renamed the Produce Hall, has also recently been restored. Click here for details.
The market is held three times a week, including a flea market on Tuesdays. It is well known by bargain hunters as a place where you can track down everything from fresh produce to clothes, handbags and household knick-knacks at great value prices.
Whatever you're looking for, Stockport Market has everything you will need for a special celebration. From unusual gifts to fresh local produce.
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