Brinnington

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Brinnington
Brinnington shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SJ910926
Metropolitan borough	Stockport
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°26′06″N 2°08′06″W / 53.435, -2.135

Brinnington is a north-eastern suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester. It is situated on a bluff above a bend in the Tame Valley and is an area of vast regeneration, it consists mainly of council owned dwellings including high rise flats. Brinnington is an area of poverty and deprivation -- with high crime levels and long-term unemployment at 20%. Brinnington was once an area of open farm land, but then as in many other areas the land was required in the local authority housing developments of the 1950s and 1960s. To the west of Brinnington is an area known as Reddish Vale, a country park. This is a popular area for families to go for a walk and explore the ponds and brick viaducts. Here you can see another popular spot under the arches where there is a sharp bend in the river and sand has been deposited giving the effect of a miniature "beach". Brinnington is served by Brinnington railway station on the Hope Valley Line from Sheffield to Manchester.

Brinnigton has three churches: St. Bernadette's (Roman Catholic), St. Luke's (Anglican), and Brinnington Evangelical Church.

There are four primary schools: St. Bernadette's, St. Paul's, Tame Valley and Westmorland, the latter being an amalgamation of the former Brindale and Maycroft Primary Schools in 2000. Westmorland is particularly focused on the arts and has a good school orchestra. Note that Tame Valley may be closing down while Westmorland may be expanding.

Hollow End Towers in the Brinnington Housing Estate was the scene for one of the leading cases on the law of nuisance, in Transco plc. v. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council^[1].