Editing Tameside (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Werneth Low.jpg|right|thumb|Werneth Low with the [[Greater Manchester Urban Area]] in the background.]]
[[File:Hyde & Ashton from Werneth Low, Feb 2008.jpg|thumb|View from Werneth Low over Hyde (left, foreground), towards Ashton-under-Lyne (centre) in the background.]] Tameside borders [[High Peak, Derbyshire|High Peak]] in [[Derbyshire]] to the east, the [[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham]] to the north, the [[Metropolitan Borough of Stockport]] to the south, and the [[Manchester|City of Manchester]] to the west. Tameside features flat lowlands in the west and highlands in the east where the western edge of the [[Pennines]] encroaches on the borough.<ref>Nevell (1992), p.&nbsp;8.</ref> The hills in the east include [[Hartshead Pike]] and [[Werneth Low]] which is also a country park. As well as coal measures running north–south through the centre of the borough, there are areas of peat in the north east and there are large areas of [[boulder clay]] all over Tameside.<ref>Nevell (1992), p.&nbsp;10.</ref> Ashton Moss is a [[peat bog]] covering about {{convert|107|ha|acre}} and Denton Moor is an area of about {{convert|81|ha|acre}} of peat.<ref name="nevell199211">Nevell (1992), p. 11.</ref>

[[File:Stalybridge towards Manchester.jpg|thumb|left|A view over Tameside, towards [[Manchester city centre]].]]
Waterways in Tameside include the rivers [[River Medlock|Medlock]] and [[River Etherow|Etherow]], which form parts of Tameside's western and eastern boundaries respectively, and the River Tame crosses the borough north to south, giving Tameside its name.<ref name="nevell199211"/> The [[Ashton Canal]], the [[Hollinwood Branch Canal]], the [[Huddersfield Narrow Canal]], and the Peak Forest Canal all run through the borough. There are also several [[reservoir]]s, including the [[Audenshaw Reservoirs]]. [[Green belt|Greenspace]] accounts for 63.5% of the Tameside's total area, domestic buildings and gardens comprise 17.4%, and the rest is made up of roads and non-domestic buildings.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tameside physical environment|publisher=Statistics.gov.uk|url=http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=276783&c=Tameside&d=13&e=8&g=355472&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1211747935609&enc=1|access-date=25 May 2008}}</ref>

Localities within the boundaries of Tameside include: [[Ashton-under-Lyne]], [[Audenshaw]], [[Broadbottom]], [[Carrbrook]], [[Copley, Greater Manchester|Copley]], [[Denton, Greater Manchester|Denton]], [[Droylsden]], [[Dukinfield]], [[Flowery Field]], [[Gee Cross]], [[Godley, Greater Manchester|Godley]], [[Godley Green]], [[Guide Bridge]], [[Hartshead Green]], [[Hattersley]], [[Haughton Green]], [[Hazelhurst, Tameside|Hazelhurst]], [[Heyrod]], [[Hollingworth]], [[Hyde, Greater Manchester|Hyde]], [[Landslow Green]], [[Luzley]], [[Millbrook, Greater Manchester|Millbrook]], [[Mossley]], [[Mottram in Longdendale]], [[Newton, Hyde|Newton]], [[Park Bridge]], [[Roe Cross]], [[Stalybridge]], [[Warhill]], and [[Woolley Bridge]].