Tameside

Borough of Tameside
Borough of Tameside
Metropolitan borough
	Tameside from Werneth Low
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): Industry and integrity
	Tameside shown within Greater Manchester
	Coordinates: 53°29′24″N 2°5′39″W / 53.49000°N 2.09417°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North West
Ceremonial county and city region	Greater Manchester
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Named for	River Tame
Administrative HQ	Ashton-under-Lyne
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Body	Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
• Executive	Leader and cabinet
• Control	Labour
• Leader	Eleanor Wills (L)
• Mayor	Betty Affleck
• MPs	3 MPs Andrew Gwynne (L) ; Angela Rayner (L) ; Jonathan Reynolds (L) ;
Area
• Total	40 sq mi (103 km2)
• Rank	195th
Population (2022)
• Total	232,753
• Rank	80th
• Density	5,840/sq mi (2,256/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 85.5% White ; 9.2% Asian ; 2.3% Black ; 2.1% Mixed ; 0.8% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 47.8% Christianity ; 38.0% no religion ; 7.3% Islam ; 1.3% Hinduism ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.1% Sikhism ; 0.0% Judaism ; 0.4% other ; 4.7% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area	M; OL; SK;
Dialling code	01457; 0161;
ISO 3166 code	GB-TAM
GSS code	E08000008
Website	tameside.gov.uk

Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, named after the River Tame, which flows through it, and includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley and Stalybridge. Tameside is bordered by the metropolitan boroughs of Stockport to the south, Oldham to the north and northeast, Manchester to the west, and to the east by the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire. As of 2022^[update], the population of Tameside was 232,753, making it the 8th-most populous borough of Greater Manchester.^[3]

There are over 300 listed buildings in Tameside and three Scheduled Ancient Monuments, including Buckton Castle. Its townships were agricultural until the Industrial Revolution when they grew with the cotton industry. The borough was created in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972.