Editing Mottram in Longdendale (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Geologyofglossop.svg|thumb|Geology of the wider area]]
Mottram occupies an elevated site straddling the [[A57 road|A57 trunk road]] from the end of the [[M67 motorway|M67]] to the junction with the [[A628 road|A628 trunk road]]. It is {{convert|10|mi|km}} east of [[Manchester]], on land between 150m to 250m above mean sea level. The geology is mainly [[boulder clay]] above [[millstone grit]],<ref name="TAmesideMBCGeology">{{cite web|url=http://www.tameside.gov.uk/contaminatedland/strategy/part5|title=6. Geology of Tameside|date=28 February 2011|work=Contaminated Land Strategy|publisher=TamesideMBC|accessdate=28 October 2011}}</ref> but there are small outcrops of coal at the edge of the [[Lancashire Coalfield]]. To the south and east of Mottram is the [[River Etherow]] and to the west is the Hurstclough Brook.

Mottram is classed as part of the built-up area of Hadfield (the main part of which is in [[Derbyshire]]) by the [[Office for National Statistics]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021 |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/articles/townsandcitiescharacteristicsofbuiltupareasenglandandwales/census2021 |website=Census 2021 |publisher=Office for National Statistics |access-date=8 August 2023}}</ref> The Ordnance Survey labels the village 'Mottram in Longdendale' on its maps, but the [[Royal Mail]] uses the shorter form 'Mottram' for the [[Post town#Locality|postal locality]], which is part of the Hyde [[post town]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Find an address |url=https://www.royalmail.com/find-a-postcode |website=Royal Mail |access-date=18 February 2025}} (Search for SK14 6JJ for examples of official postal addresses in Mottram.)</ref>

===Longdendale bypass proposal===
[[Image:Longdendale Bypass Map.PNG|thumb|A map showing the proposed bypass route]]
The A628 trunk road connects the M67 motorway from [[Manchester]] to the [[M1 motorway]] in [[South Yorkshire]].  The road is single-carriageway through Mottram, [[Hollingworth]] and [[Tintwistle]] and through the [[Peak District National Park]], it is used by large numbers of [[heavy goods vehicles]].  It is one of the most congested A-road routes in the country, with high volumes of traffic (including HGVs) using a road which is totally unsuitable for the volume and nature of traffic it carries<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mjpatch.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/|title=Introduction|publisher=Longdendale Siege Committee website|accessdate=20 January 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109101323/http://www.mjpatch.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/|archivedate=9 January 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The A628 through Mottram carries traffic from the [[A57 road]] linking Manchester through Glossop to Sheffield over the Snake Pass, another major Trans-Pennine route. Congestion at peak times backs up through Glossop and Hadfield rendering local journeys impossible. To solve these problems the [[Longdendale Bypass]] was approved in December 2014,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://real-deal-blog.com/2014/12/09/mottram-longdendale-bypass-approved-2014/|title=Mottram Bypass Finally Approved|date=9 December 2014 |publisher=Real Deal website|accessdate=15 December 2014}}</ref> but has not yet been started. There is considerable local feeling that there is no viable alternative to a bypass.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mjpatch.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Suggested_alternatives_Nov_05.htm|title=Suggested Alternative Solutions?|publisher=Longdendale Siege Committee website|accessdate=20 January 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820071500/http://www.mjpatch.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Suggested_alternatives_Nov_05.htm|archivedate=20 August 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
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