Summerseat

Summerseat is a village in the Ramsbottom district of the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England.[1][2]

Summerseat

The Waterside Bar and Restaurant in 2007,
later destroyed by 2015 floods
Summerseat
Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid referenceSD795145
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBURY
Postcode districtBL9
Dialling code01706/01204
PoliceGreater Manchester
FireGreater Manchester
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament

History

Historically part of Lancashire, the village 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.

A steam railway station on the East Lancashire steam railway is situated in the village. There is a local Costcutter store in the village. The village has two public houses in Summerseat, the Footballer's[3] and the Hamer's Arms.[4]

The 200-year-old, Grade II listed, Joshua Hoyles cotton mill, on the banks of the Irwell was redeveloped into residential apartments in the 1980s. The Waterside Inn, formerly a creche built on Kay Bridge for the adjacent mill was intended to be redeveloped as a residential site but collapsed during a storm on 26 December 2015.[5][6]

References
  1. New Ward Boundaries (200) – Bury M.B.C. (PDF), Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2010, retrieved 19 September 2010
  2. Bury – districts and boundaries, Bury Metropolitan Borough Council, retrieved 19 September 2010
  3. "The Footballers Inn". www.onionring.co.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  4. "Hamers Arms - Home". www.hamersarms.co.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. UK floods: Homes evacuated amid heavy rain
  6. "Aerial footage shows 200-year-old pub destroyed as River Irwell floods". Retrieved 23 August 2017.



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