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Tameside Councillors

Since the last boundary changes in 2023, the council has comprised 57 councillors representing 19 wards, with each ward electing three councillors.   Elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council (one councillor for each ward) elected each time for a four-year term of office. Political groups Administration (36)     Labour  (36) Other parties (19)     Independent  (13)     Conservative  (7)     Reform UK  (1) Joint committees Greater Manchester Combined Authority Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board Bee Network  Committee Elections Last election 2 May 2024 Next election 7 May 2026 Meeting place Tameside One, Market Square,  Ashton-under-Lyne , OL6   6BH Website www .tameside .gov .uk Each ward is represented by three councillors. Ward Councillor Party Term of office Ashton Hurst Mike Glover Labour 2023-27 Dan Costello Conserv...
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Place to Visit - Dovestone Reservoir. A Lovely Walk

Dovestone Reservoir lies at the convergence of the valleys of the Greenfield and Chew Brooks above the village of Greenfield, on Saddleworth Moor in Greater Manchester, England. The reservoir is on the western edge of the Peak District National Park

The Ashton under Lyne, Stalybridge & Dukinfield Joint Committee obtained an Act of Parliament in 1958 enabling it to build the reservoir. The committee engaged G.H. Hill & Sons as engineers and the contractor was A. E. Farr & Company. J.B. Blayney was employed as landscape architect as required by the Act. Work started in 1960 and was finished in October 1966.


The dam's earth embankment is 38 metres high and 550 metres in length. It is 4.25 metres wide at the crest and is 183 metres at the widest point at its base. A concrete cutoff in a 23 metre deep trench makes a seal between the foundations and the earthworks preventing leaks. Above the concrete cutoff is the clay core. Dovestone is possibly the last large dam to be built in Britain with a conventional puddle clay core. The volume of the dam is 34,000 cubic metres

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