Tameside

18 Jul 24  A wander around Denton while my campervan was being fitted with a towbar.  Sunny.

Denton Civic Square (opened Nov 2008), the former Market Place.

Broken Sword, a sculpture by Paul Margetts in the Garden of Remembrance.

Victoria Park.

The Grade II listed Edwardian bandstand in Victoria Park.

Victoria Park.

Tipping the Denton Linney, a sculpture by Escar UK Bronze
and John Cox.  A tribute to Denton's hatting industry.

Denton Wonderland, by Lizzie Rigby.  One of the exhibits
from the 2022 'Hats Off to Denton' sculpture trail.

Mural, by Akse P19, of Gene Wilder dressed as Willy Wonka
from 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'

St Mary's Church.

The church is notable for its dalle de verre glass,
by Carl Edwards of Whitefriars.

Tameside Wellness Centre.  Pozzoni Architects, 2020.

The Church of St Lawrence.  Grade II* listed.

Originally known as St James Chapel this church was completed in 1532
and enlarged in 1878 by the addition of a chancel and transepts.

The beams are fixed by wooden pegs giving rise to its
local name as Th'owd peg (the old peg).