about stockport
did you know

Area: 48 square miles
Population: 292,000
Sea Level: the point of sea level is in Mersey Square

Snippets:

• The town's football club, Stockport County are nicknamed 'the hatters'
• The local brewery Robinson's, produces Hatters' Mild
• Indiana Jones wore a Stockport-manufactured Christy's hat
• Stockport is the home of the penguin biscuit

Historical info:

• Stockport was granted Municipal Borough status in 1835 and a town council was elected. In 1974 (the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport was created).
• Stockport Railway Viaduct is 111 feet / 33.85 metres high and has 27 arches and opened in 1842 - find out more about the Viaduct.
• Halliday Hill House in Offerton is the medieval family seat of the Dodge family. Their illustrious association with America began when two brothers emigrated to New England.

Stockport's twin towns:

Stockport is twinned with Béziers in the South of France and Heilbronn in the south west of Germany.
2012 marks the 40th anniversary of twinning with Béziers and the 30th of twinning with Heilbronn.
Find out more about the Twin Town Celebrations and how you can get involved

Further information about Stocport's twin towns is available at www.stockport.gov.uk

Stockport town and cities
The name Stockport can also be found in . . .
USA: Ohio, Columbia County (New York), Iowa and Indiana.
Australia (100 miles from Adelaide)
Stockport Island in the Canadian Artic