Matley is a semi-rural area in the Tameside, Greater Manchester, England.

Matley was historically a township in the ancient parish of Mottram-in-Longdendale, which formed part of the Macclesfield Hundred of Cheshire.

In some cases, including Mottram-in-Longdendale, the civil functions were exercised by each township separately rather than the parish as a whole.

In 1866, the legal definition of 'parish' was changed to be the areas used for administering the poor laws, and so Matley became a civil parish.

[1] Dukinfield, Hyde, Longdendale and Stalybridge all became part of the new borough of Tameside in Greater Manchester in 1974.