Guide Bridge

Guide Bridge is an area west of Ashton-under-Lyne,[2] in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England.

[3] Industries included Scott & Hodgson Ltd which had an engine shop near Guide Bridge railway station.

Guide Bridge is located on the Ashton Canal, and later on the Sheffield, Ashton-Under-Lyne and Manchester Railway.

Since the Reform Act 1832, Guide Bridge has been represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as part of the Ashton-under-Lyne parliamentary constituency.

[4] The Conservative Party, which has enjoyed a steady rise in the constituency since 2001, while still being outstripped by the Labour Party which has seen an even bigger rise in votes in the constituency since 2010, is represented in Guide Bridge by the Guide Bridge Conservative Club.

Map of the railways around Guide Bridge junction in 1912