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Lancashire Hill, STOCKPORT, SK5 7SD

Apartment block on Lancashire Hill from Kings Court.

The towerblocks and adjacent low-rise blocks near Penny Lane are very reminiscent of Eastern European cities, but on a much smaller scale.

Five-storey apartment block off Lancashire Hill. Behind The Bentleys are the high-rise tower blocks Pendlebury Towers and Hanover Towers.

These high-rise apartments are on the side of Lancashire Hill. On the left is Stonemill Terrace. On the right is The Bentleys. The tower block in the middle is Pendlebury House. Behind it but blocked from view is another tower-block Hanover House.

The B6167 out of Stockport towards Reddish. At the top of the hill is a large roundabout with the . A626. The left hand lane is for Heaton Chapel and the A6 to Manchester. The right hand lane is for Tiviot Way down to the M60 at Portwood. New mapping now shows the A626 through Heaton Chapel and Portwood as the A6188 but as yet there is no new signage indicating the change of number.

Above the Pelican crossing on Lancashire Hill the road divides intotwo lanes going uphill. The left hand lane is for the A626 to Heaton Chapel and the A6 to Manchester. The right hand lane is for the B6167 to Reddish and the A626 Tiviot Way for Marple going down to the M60 at Portwood. New mapping now shows the A626 through Heaton Chapel and Portwood as the A6188 but as yet there is no new signage indicating the change of number.

From Penny Lane Fields.

The plaque marks the line of the canal which terminated behind Nelstrop's flour mill. It opened in 1797 as a branch of the Ashton Canal to serve the developing town of Stockport. Known as Lanky Cut, it carried goods and passengers to and from the many mills along the 4.2 miles from the junction at Clayton to its terminus at Stockport. Sponsored by Manchester and Stockport Canal Society Manchester Airport Community Trust Fund www.mscs.org.uk

This is actually a working flour mill, operated by Nelstrops. The main building is the second one on the site and dates from 1893. Many extensions since including various silos (Image]). According to Wikipedia, "the mill uses wheat from East Anglia, and imports Manitoba wheat from Canada and Spring wheat from the US, which is brought by ship to Seaforth Dock in Liverpool and then brought to Stockport in 20 tonne bulk wheat lorries, typically 1,600 tonnes a week. The flour produced at the mill is typically sold to local bakers and supermarkets in England, as well as being exported to Nigeria, Egypt and Jordan."