USEFUL CONTACT NUMBERS
Stockport MBC| Enquiries (main switchboard): |
0161
480 4949.
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| Planning Department: |
0161
474 3659.
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| Business Rates: |
0161
474 5188.
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| Car Parking: |
0161
474 3546.
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| Highways: |
0161
474 5509.
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| Stockport Chamber of Commerce and Industry: |
0161
474 3780.
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| Stockport College of Further and Higher Education: |
0161
958 3100.
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| Stockport Tourist Information Centre: |
0161
474 4444.
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| Manchester International Airport: |
0161
489 3000.
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| National Rail Enquiries: |
0845
7484950.
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| GMPTE: |
0161
228 7811.
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COMMUNICATION LINKS
The M60 Motorway gives excellent access around the Greater Manchester conurbation and direct access to M62 (east/west), M6 (north/south) and M56 (west).
Approximate road mileage from Stockport
| Birmingham | 80 miles |
| Glasgow | 225 miles |
| London | 200 miles |
| Manchester | 7 miles |
Stockport Rail Station is on the Manchester to London Euston line and is visited by over 300 trains each day.
Approximate travel times from Stockport
| Birmingham | 1 hour 30 mins |
| Glasgow | 4 hours |
| London | 2 hours 30 mins |
| Manchester | 15 mins |
Manchester International Airport is ten minutes drive from Stockport town centre and offers scheduled direct flights to 175 worldwide destinations and a regular shuttle service to London.
Approximate travel times
from Manchester International Airport
| Amsterdam | 1 hour 20 min |
| Paris | 1 hour 30 min |
| Frankfurt | 1 hour 50 min |
| New York | 8 hours |