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Audenshaw Reservoir Number 2

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Audenshaw Reservoir Number 2

Penny's Land Originally this was the Manchester & County Bank which was established in Manchester in 1862 and trade directories show that a branch of this bank had been opened on Ashton Road, Denton, by 1873. By 1882 the bank had moved to premises on Manchester Road. In 1934 it became County Bank Ltd until 1935 when it amalgamated with the District Bank Ltd. In 1962 the District Bank Ltd was acquired by the National Provincial Bank Ltd, which became part of the National Westminster Bank Ltd in 1970. In 2000 the National Westminster Bank plc (NatWest Bank) became part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. In 1922 the original building on Manchester Road was replaced by a new one and there is a date stone for 1922 above the corner window. This branch of NatWest closed on the 15 June 2017 <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5648592">SJ9295 : Former NatWest Bank, Denton</a> and it was one of 56 north regional branch closures around this time. See <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.pittdixon.go-plus.net/denton/bank-mcr+county.htm" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.pittdixon.go-plus.net/denton/bank-mcr+county.htm">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> for a more detailed history. It is now occupied by a store called Penny's Land selling a variety of different low-priced items.
Penny's Land Credit: Gerald England

Audenshaw Reservoir Number 2 is a man-made freshwater reservoir located in Lancashire, England. Situated in the Audenshaw area, it is one of the two reservoirs in the vicinity, with the other being Audenshaw Reservoir Number 1. The reservoir covers an approximate area of 25 acres, offering a serene and picturesque environment for visitors.

Surrounded by lush greenery and rolling hills, Audenshaw Reservoir Number 2 is a popular destination for nature enthusiasts and those seeking tranquility. The reservoir is well-maintained and features a variety of flora and fauna, attracting a diverse range of bird species. Birdwatchers often flock to the reservoir to catch glimpses of the resident and migratory birds that inhabit the area.

The reservoir is a haven for various aquatic species as well. It provides a habitat for freshwater fish, such as perch, pike, and roach, making it an ideal spot for fishing enthusiasts. Additionally, the reservoir is a great place for recreational activities like walking, jogging, and picnicking. Its scenic surroundings offer a perfect backdrop for a leisurely stroll or a family outing.

Audenshaw Reservoir Number 2 also plays a significant role in the local community by providing a source of drinking water. Its capacity to store water helps to ensure a consistent supply for the neighboring areas.

Overall, Audenshaw Reservoir Number 2 is a beautiful and functional body of water that offers both natural beauty and practical benefits to the local community, making it a cherished location for residents and visitors alike.

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Penny's Land Originally this was the Manchester & County Bank which was established in Manchester in 1862 and trade directories show that a branch of this bank had been opened on Ashton Road, Denton, by 1873. By 1882 the bank had moved to premises on Manchester Road. In 1934 it became County Bank Ltd until 1935 when it amalgamated with the District Bank Ltd. In 1962 the District Bank Ltd was acquired by the National Provincial Bank Ltd, which became part of the National Westminster Bank Ltd in 1970. In 2000 the National Westminster Bank plc (NatWest Bank) became part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. In 1922 the original building on Manchester Road was replaced by a new one and there is a date stone for 1922 above the corner window. This branch of NatWest closed on the 15 June 2017 <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5648592">SJ9295 : Former NatWest Bank, Denton</a> and it was one of 56 north regional branch closures around this time. See <span class="nowrap"><a title="http://www.pittdixon.go-plus.net/denton/bank-mcr+county.htm" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="http://www.pittdixon.go-plus.net/denton/bank-mcr+county.htm">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> for a more detailed history. It is now occupied by a store called Penny's Land selling a variety of different low-priced items.
Penny's Land
Originally this was the Manchester & County Bank which was established in Manchester in 1862 and trade directories show that a branch of this bank had been opened on Ashton Road, Denton, by 1873. By 1882 the bank had moved to premises on Manchester Road. In 1934 it became County Bank Ltd until 1935 when it amalgamated with the District Bank Ltd. In 1962 the District Bank Ltd was acquired by the National Provincial Bank Ltd, which became part of the National Westminster Bank Ltd in 1970. In 2000 the National Westminster Bank plc (NatWest Bank) became part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. In 1922 the original building on Manchester Road was replaced by a new one and there is a date stone for 1922 above the corner window. This branch of NatWest closed on the 15 June 2017 SJ9295 : Former NatWest Bank, Denton and it was one of 56 north regional branch closures around this time. See LinkExternal link for a more detailed history. It is now occupied by a store called Penny's Land selling a variety of different low-priced items.
Droylsden Road The A662 between Droylsden and Audenshaw.
Droylsden Road
The A662 between Droylsden and Audenshaw.
Quicksilver and Feet2Go On the right is the specialist fireworks store Quicksilver <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://www.quicksilverfireworks.co.uk/" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://www.quicksilverfireworks.co.uk/">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> Next door behind the bus stop on Hyde Road is Feet2Go offering podiatry/chiropody services. In 2009 (historic StreetView imagery) that and the premises to the left were a cafe, Family Kitchen. By 2011 it had closed and the left hand portion had been converted into residential use. The podiatry clinic took over the right hand side around 2016. Note: Photograph is for record purposes only. The photographer has no personal connection with the businesses depicted.
Quicksilver and Feet2Go
On the right is the specialist fireworks store Quicksilver LinkExternal link Next door behind the bus stop on Hyde Road is Feet2Go offering podiatry/chiropody services. In 2009 (historic StreetView imagery) that and the premises to the left were a cafe, Family Kitchen. By 2011 it had closed and the left hand portion had been converted into residential use. The podiatry clinic took over the right hand side around 2016. Note: Photograph is for record purposes only. The photographer has no personal connection with the businesses depicted.
Electric Vehicle Rapid Charger In the car park at Lidl.
Electric Vehicle Rapid Charger
In the car park at Lidl.
Denton Crib Crib and nativity scene in the Denton Remembrance Garden.
Denton Crib
Crib and nativity scene in the Denton Remembrance Garden.
Funky Chicken Tearoom When the Co-operative Pharmacy was bought out and rebranded as "Well" the adjacent funeral parlour continued as Co-operative funeralcare <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4558901">SJ9295 : Get well or ...</a>. Now however these premises are home to the Funky Chicken tearoom.
Funky Chicken Tearoom
When the Co-operative Pharmacy was bought out and rebranded as "Well" the adjacent funeral parlour continued as Co-operative funeralcare SJ9295 : Get well or .... Now however these premises are home to the Funky Chicken tearoom.
Aldi and Nando's On Crown Point North retail park at Denton. These units were previously occupies by M&S Outlet <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5672968">SJ9295 : M&S Outlet at Crown Point North</a>, Poundworld and Internationale <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2252341">SJ9295 : Pound World</a>.
Aldi and Nando's
On Crown Point North retail park at Denton. These units were previously occupies by M&S Outlet SJ9295 : M&S Outlet at Crown Point North, Poundworld and Internationale SJ9295 : Pound World.
Young Denton One of the giant hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail. Located in a corner of Denton Civic Square, Young Denton is a celebration of young people and their town. The hat features ideas and design elements submitted by primary school children across Denton. It was designed by Caroline Coates. Caroline Coates is inspired by working with people. She is an illustrator, community artist and craft tutor who specialises in getting people interested in art and helping them create their own. Working in Manchester and across the North West, Caroline’s illustrations mix the traditional and contemporary to tell a story. She is an experienced trail artist having painted over 30 sculptures all over the UK.
Young Denton
One of the giant hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail. Located in a corner of Denton Civic Square, Young Denton is a celebration of young people and their town. The hat features ideas and design elements submitted by primary school children across Denton. It was designed by Caroline Coates. Caroline Coates is inspired by working with people. She is an illustrator, community artist and craft tutor who specialises in getting people interested in art and helping them create their own. Working in Manchester and across the North West, Caroline’s illustrations mix the traditional and contemporary to tell a story. She is an experienced trail artist having painted over 30 sculptures all over the UK.
Young Denton One of the giant hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail. Located in a corner of Denton Civic Square, Young Denton is a celebration of young people and their town. The hat features ideas and design elements submitted by primary school children across Denton. It was designed by Caroline Coates. Caroline Coates is inspired by working with people. She is an illustrator, community artist and craft tutor who specialises in getting people interested in art and helping them create their own. Working in Manchester and across the North West, Caroline's illustrations mix the traditional and contemporary to tell a story. She is an experienced trail artist having painted over 30 sculptures all over the UK.
Young Denton
One of the giant hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail. Located in a corner of Denton Civic Square, Young Denton is a celebration of young people and their town. The hat features ideas and design elements submitted by primary school children across Denton. It was designed by Caroline Coates. Caroline Coates is inspired by working with people. She is an illustrator, community artist and craft tutor who specialises in getting people interested in art and helping them create their own. Working in Manchester and across the North West, Caroline's illustrations mix the traditional and contemporary to tell a story. She is an experienced trail artist having painted over 30 sculptures all over the UK.
Young Denton One of the giant hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail. Located in a corner of Denton Civic Square, Young Denton is a celebration of young people and their town. The hat features ideas and design elements submitted by primary school children across Denton. It was designed by Caroline Coates. Caroline Coates is inspired by working with people. She is an illustrator, community artist and craft tutor who specialises in getting people interested in art and helping them create their own. Working in Manchester and across the North West, Caroline's illustrations mix the traditional and contemporary to tell a story. She is an experienced trail artist having painted over 30 sculptures all over the UK.
Young Denton
One of the giant hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail. Located in a corner of Denton Civic Square, Young Denton is a celebration of young people and their town. The hat features ideas and design elements submitted by primary school children across Denton. It was designed by Caroline Coates. Caroline Coates is inspired by working with people. She is an illustrator, community artist and craft tutor who specialises in getting people interested in art and helping them create their own. Working in Manchester and across the North West, Caroline's illustrations mix the traditional and contemporary to tell a story. She is an experienced trail artist having painted over 30 sculptures all over the UK.
Defibrillator, Denton Civic Square
Defibrillator, Denton Civic Square
Daisy Chain Cafe
Daisy Chain Cafe
The Post Room The new bar and restaurant occupies what was the original Denton Post Office on Albert Street. For many years it has been the offices of New Charter Housing <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1118778">SJ9295 : Denton Post Office (Original)</a>. It is managed by Pirlos Taverns Ltd.
The Post Room
The new bar and restaurant occupies what was the original Denton Post Office on Albert Street. For many years it has been the offices of New Charter Housing SJ9295 : Denton Post Office (Original). It is managed by Pirlos Taverns Ltd.
Victoria Park Looking into the park from the entrance near the Town Hall/Library. On the right is the site of the former swimming baths which were demolished in 2021. The side of the building housed a huge Millennium Mural which has now alas gone for ever.
Victoria Park
Looking into the park from the entrance near the Town Hall/Library. On the right is the site of the former swimming baths which were demolished in 2021. The side of the building housed a huge Millennium Mural which has now alas gone for ever.
Kindly Remove Your Hats One of the giant hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail. Located in a corner of Denton Civic Square and inspired by the golden age of cinema, Kindly Remove Your Hats imagines how hatters spent their leisure time. At the peak of the hatting industry, Denton had at least two cinemas with a further two opening in the mid-1900s so it is likely trips to the cinema were a popular pastime for hatters. It is designed by Jodie Silverman who loves to create images that tell a story. She has vast experience of painting pieces for sculpture trails as an artist for Bee in the City, Stockport’s Giant Leap as well as numerous other art trails around the UK.
Kindly Remove Your Hats
One of the giant hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail. Located in a corner of Denton Civic Square and inspired by the golden age of cinema, Kindly Remove Your Hats imagines how hatters spent their leisure time. At the peak of the hatting industry, Denton had at least two cinemas with a further two opening in the mid-1900s so it is likely trips to the cinema were a popular pastime for hatters. It is designed by Jodie Silverman who loves to create images that tell a story. She has vast experience of painting pieces for sculpture trails as an artist for Bee in the City, Stockport’s Giant Leap as well as numerous other art trails around the UK.
Kindly Remove Your Hats One of the giant hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail. Located in a corner of Denton Civic Square and inspired by the golden age of cinema, Kindly Remove Your Hats imagines how hatters spent their leisure time. At the peak of the hatting industry, Denton had at least two cinemas with a further two opening in the mid-1900s so it is likely trips to the cinema were a popular pastime for hatters. It is designed by Jodie Silverman who loves to create images that tell a story. She has vast experience of painting pieces for sculpture trails as an artist for Bee in the City, Stockport’s Giant Leap as well as numerous other art trails around the UK.
Kindly Remove Your Hats
One of the giant hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail. Located in a corner of Denton Civic Square and inspired by the golden age of cinema, Kindly Remove Your Hats imagines how hatters spent their leisure time. At the peak of the hatting industry, Denton had at least two cinemas with a further two opening in the mid-1900s so it is likely trips to the cinema were a popular pastime for hatters. It is designed by Jodie Silverman who loves to create images that tell a story. She has vast experience of painting pieces for sculpture trails as an artist for Bee in the City, Stockport’s Giant Leap as well as numerous other art trails around the UK.
Kindly Remove Your Hats One of the giant hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail. Located in a corner of Denton Civic Square and inspired by the golden age of cinema, Kindly Remove Your Hats imagines how hatters spent their leisure time. At the peak of the hatting industry, Denton had at least two cinemas with a further two opening in the mid-1900s so it is likely trips to the cinema were a popular pastime for hatters. It is designed by Jodie Silverman who loves to create images that tell a story. She has vast experience of painting pieces for sculpture trails as an artist for Bee in the City, Stockport’s Giant Leap as well as numerous other art trails around the UK.
Kindly Remove Your Hats
One of the giant hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail. Located in a corner of Denton Civic Square and inspired by the golden age of cinema, Kindly Remove Your Hats imagines how hatters spent their leisure time. At the peak of the hatting industry, Denton had at least two cinemas with a further two opening in the mid-1900s so it is likely trips to the cinema were a popular pastime for hatters. It is designed by Jodie Silverman who loves to create images that tell a story. She has vast experience of painting pieces for sculpture trails as an artist for Bee in the City, Stockport’s Giant Leap as well as numerous other art trails around the UK.
Hat Town One of the giant hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail. Located inside the entrance foyer of Morrisons, Hat Town is a celebration of Denton's heritage as a global centre for the hatting industry. Incorporating the factories which are still local landmarks, the names of some of the over 80 hatting companies in Denton at the industry's peak as well as the different hat styles the factories designed and made. The sculpture is the work of Gordon Banks, a Tameside based freelance visual artist and a street theatre producer/performer. With a passion for community arts, Gordon was delighted to design and paint a hat for the Hats Off to Denton trail. Before working on this project, he was unaware of the town's hatting history and has enjoyed finding out more about his local area.
Hat Town
One of the giant hats on the Hats Off To Denton Sculpture Trail. Located inside the entrance foyer of Morrisons, Hat Town is a celebration of Denton's heritage as a global centre for the hatting industry. Incorporating the factories which are still local landmarks, the names of some of the over 80 hatting companies in Denton at the industry's peak as well as the different hat styles the factories designed and made. The sculpture is the work of Gordon Banks, a Tameside based freelance visual artist and a street theatre producer/performer. With a passion for community arts, Gordon was delighted to design and paint a hat for the Hats Off to Denton trail. Before working on this project, he was unaware of the town's hatting history and has enjoyed finding out more about his local area.
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Audenshaw Reservoir Number 2 is located at Grid Ref: SJ9196 (Lat: 53.462086, Lng: -2.1320071)

Unitary Authority: Tameside

Police Authority: Greater Manchester

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Located within 500m of 53.462086,-2.1320071
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