U R B A N S P L A S H

STALYBRIDGE, GREATER MANCHESTER

INTRODUCING LONGLANDS

Once famous for its cotton industry, Stalybridge is a charming town that

has been through a major process of regeneration. The Town Centre has

been transformed, with investment by the public and private sectors

creating new shops and leisure facilities. On the edge of the town centre

is Longlands, formerly Longlands Mill, one of Stalybridge’s most

important cotton mills.

Urban Splash is picking up where the cotton industry left off, bringing

this once thriving mill back to life. Homes, shops, cafés, gardens and

the communities they attract will revive the site, perfectly nestled

between the Huddersfield Narrow Canal and the banks of the River Tame.

The buildings at Longlands combine the best of the old with the best of

the new; the original mill is being refurbished into stunning loft apartments,

while new buildings create dynamic spaces for living and leisure.

Urban Splash is working with Tameside Metropolitan Council to

regenerate the whole area. Located on the edge of Greater Manchester

Stalybridge enjoys easy access to the countryside and to Manchester

itself. Quite simply it is a fabulous location, the best of all worlds.

This place now has an exciting new life to look forward to, and so do its

prospective residents.

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01 AN ILLUSTRATION OF PATTERN HOUSE BY SPACE CRAFT ARCHITECTS

THE STORY OF LONGLANDS

The oldest surviving cotton mill in the area, Castle Street Mill, was built

in 1805. It was a boom time for Manchester’s textile industry and there

were already eight mills in Stalybridge. Eight mills, or 76,000 spindles.

Founder George Cheetham struck while the cotton was high, adding

to his four storey building with new spinning blocks in the 1820s. But in

1896, the Boulton & Watt engines fell silent for the first time in decades,

and it was another ten years before the Longlands Mill Company

stepped in and revived the place.

Longlands was a working mill until 1961, when the production of rayon

put lots of cotton manufacturers out of business. This place saw the

birth, growth and death of an industry. It’s a beautiful building, full of

the echoes of life and work.

You’ll see evidence of the Cheetham family’s standing everywhere here,

art galleries, parks, nature reserves and blue plaques all bear their

name. And in Longlands, you can see where it all began. We think

George Cheetham would be happy to know that we’ve found a new life

for his mill, safeguarding its future. It was a bold development then and

it’s a bold development now - we’re excited to be part of Longlands’

latest adventure.

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01 THE INTERIOR OF LONGLANDS MILL IN 2005 BEFORE RESTORATION WORK BEGAN

02 AN ILLUSTRATION OF LONGLANDS FROM ACROSS THE RIVER TAME01

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WE ARE URBAN SPLASH

Established in 1993 by Tom Bloxham and Jonathan Falkingham, Urban

Splash is still driven by the original vision to develop disused industrial

sites into landmark buildings and places to live, work and enjoy.

For that, we are developers with a difference - we’re not here to just rip

it up and start again. We revive buildings and places with outstanding

architecture and a consideration for the past, present and the future.

We work on the basis that any redevelopment is about more than just

bricks and mortar. It’s about using enlightened design, creating new

communities and enhancing people’s lifestyles; it’s about building

places that work for the people living in them and the towns and cities

beyond. As a result, we’re behind some of the most exciting urban

regeneration in the UK.

01 TIMBER WHARF, CASTLEFIELD, MANCHESTER

02 MOHO, CASTLEFIELD, MANCHESTER

03 BREWHOUSE, ROYAL WILLIAM YARD, PLYMOUTH

04 SILK WAREHOUSE, LISTER MILLS, BRADFORD

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THE NEW LONGLANDS

Longlands Mill is just waiting to come back to life. It’s all about contrast

and balance - old and new, town and country, thoroughly modern living

spaces with the timeless appeal of the river bank and countryside on

your doorstep... the best of both worlds, with an Urban Splash twist.

THIS IS HOW IT’S GOING TO WORK...

We’re developing in phases, starting with the renovation of the old mill,

the listed remnants of Cheetham’s Castle Street Mill. Life in The Mill is

all about those contrasts that make this place what it is. It’s contemporary,

but you’ll also see the beams, pillars and brickwork that are the bones

of a building that’s been here for two centuries.

The Mill will be joined by Pattern House. Brand spanking new, this place

is about floor to ceiling windows and natural light, generous, open

spaces with all the clever, considered twists and turns that define our

homes. A second phase of development will see two additional buildings

go up next door to Pattern House, and a third phase will continue opposite

the Longlands site, alongside the canal.

Outdoors is important too. We want the gardens to feel like somewhere

to live, a communal extension to the home. That’s why we’re going to

bring together texture, scent, colour, intricate detail and simple,

spacious expanses. And with cafés and shops settled in downstairs,

Longlands will be a place to love living.

01 AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE MILL AND PATTERN HOUSE, LONGLANDS, FROM CASTLE

STREET, SHOWING THE NEW GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL SPACES

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THE ARCHITECTS

Longlands is special. Space Craft are suitably special architects.

A practice set up in 2003 by people with years of experience and an

absolute passion for the very best in architectural practice. Space Craft

has quickly established an international reputation for outstanding,

award winning work.

We chose them because they rejuvenate places. Not just buildings, but

whole areas, and that’s what we like doing. Space Craft will create new

public spaces, gardens, new routes around and through the development,

new shops, new restaurants, all introduced with empathy for the long

established surroundings of The Mill.

01 AN ILLUSTRATION OF A THIRD FLOOR APARTMENT IN THE MILL

02 THE MILL, LONGLANDS, APARTMENT WITH BARREL VAULTED CEILING

03 PATTERN HOUSE, LONGLANDS, STRIKING CONTEMPORARY DESIGN WITH FULL

HEIGHT GLAZING TO THE APARTMENTS

These people know how to build in a way that nurtures and supports

surroundings. Great architecture, especially where renovation is concerned,

is about complementing, not dominating.

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STALYBRIDGE

Birthplace of the world’s first brass band. Home to the pub with the

longest name in the UK. Also home to the pub with the shortest name

in the UK. Well, why not?

Nicknamed Little Venice, on account of the waterways that meander

through the streets of the town centre. And on weekends, nicknamed

Stalyvegas, simply because a Friday night here makes the Haçienda’s

heyday look like a teddy bears’ picnic. Call it what you like, Stalybridge

is a trailblazer of a town.

Manchester city centre is just eight miles to the west. To the east, and

you’re in another world, teetering on the brink of the beautiful Chew

Valley and the brooding Pennine hills. There’s no denying that

Stalybridge is special, not least because of the places you can get to, in

moments, when you leave it.

It’s special because it’s got everything - a real history, an exciting

future, a habit of standing out and doing things differently. It’s got all

this and everything you need to love living somewhere - independent

shops, beautiful parks, public squares, nature reserves and 40 pubs.

It’s life, not as you know it, but as you should.

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01 THE HUDDERSFIELD NARROW CANAL RUNS THROUGH STALYBRIDGE TOWN

CENTRE AND BORDERS THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THE LONGLANDS SITE

02 STALYBRIDGE TOWN CENTRE

03 JOGGING AND FISHING ALONG THE CANAL TOWPATH IN STALYBRIDGE

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MANCHESTERINTO THE CITY

Everything that’s great about Stalybridge - river banks, country parks,

greenery and easy pace - is comprehensively counter balanced by

Manchester’s wide streets, city squares, maverick urban architecture

and 24 hour entertainment. This city’s reputation precedes it, so a list

of visit-worthy places reads like an exercise in name dropping - Lowry,

Urbis, G-Mex, Bridgewater Hall, Affleck’s Palace, The Royal Exchange...

that’s only the start of it.

Manchester is great for mooching, feeding, browsing, buying, living it

up, slowing it down, just getting lost... a wander can be an event in

itself. You’ll find quirky shopping in the Northern Quarter, world class

exhibitions at Manchester Art Gallery (then there’s the other 90 or

so galleries and museums Manchester is home to) and kicked-back

eateries and bars all over. All of this only a 12 minute train journey away.

There’s a bounty of boutiques and the irresistible Harvey Nichols when

only a bank-breaking shop will do. Real big spenders can follow up with

dinner at any number of award winning, deliciously indulgent

restaurants. Manchester has the oldest symphony orchestra in the UK,

more than 30 intimate live music venues, and an enviable bank of

sporting facilities. Salford Quays, Castlefield, the Curry Mile, Smithfield

Market, Chinatown... Manchester indulges everybody and every taste.

And if you want to keep it fresh with visits to other cities, you’re really

well connected to Bradford, Sheffield, Liverpool and Leeds, just in case

one Harvey Nichols isn’t enough.

Best of all, you get to roll back home to Longlands when you’re all done

with the bright lights and the big city. This is town and country life, with

everything that’s alluring about both, within moments.

01 HARVEY NICHOLS, MANCHESTER CITY CENTRE

02 THE TRIANGLE AND PRINTWORKS IN EXCHANGE SQUARE, MANCHESTER

03 URBIS

04 MANCHESTER’S NORTHERN QUARTER IS HOME TO LOADS OF INDEPENDENT

SHOPS, RESTAURANTS AND BARS

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LIFE ON THE BANKS OF THE RIVER TAME

The River Tame flows from the foot of the Pennines to Stockport, where

it joins the River Goyt and together they roll eastwards in the form of the

River Mersey. Half way along its journey, it ripples through Stalybridge,

and right past Longlands.

Like the textile merchants of the past, we’re keen to make the most

of the river, only we’re putting it to a very different use. Everyone at

Longlands will be able to enjoy the water, with communal gardens that

drop right down to the bank.

See what drifts, flits or swims past…ducks, geese, moorhens.... if you’re

especially still, you might be joined by a heron. You’ll be mixing with all

kinds of butterflies, and in summer you’ll see the bright flashes of

dragonflies and damselflies darting across the top of the water.

The Tame, having shed its industrial past, is now home to eight species

of fish, including trout. Most magical of all, you might glimpse the

kingfisher, one of the most beautiful treats life on the river bank offers up.

On the south side of Longlands is the newly restored Huddersfield Narrow

Canal, handy if you like boating.

01 FISHING IN THE RIVER TAME, STALYBRIDGE TOWN CENTRE

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THE GARDENS AT LONGLANDS

The transformation of The Mill and the brave new Pattern House are

just the start of life at Longlands. There’s a great big outdoors that’s all

part of the living here - it’s an extension to the home, somewhere for

living to continue.

We couldn’t help but draw inspiration from our surroundings. There’s so

much drama in the colour and texture of the countryside around

Stalybridge, it had to play a leading role.

We’ve recreated distinct Pennine habitats in raised courtyards running

between buildings. Dark, blue coloured slate scree runs in a band

towards the water; next door undulating banks of purple heather and

long grasses recreate the patchwork of the Pennine moorlands. And

there’s no reason a flock of sheep shouldn’t feature - they too are a

staple Pennine sight, and so our sheep pods appear as an art feature,

informal seating, or play objects.

Down by the water, we’ve got loose, textural stippa grass, natural

planting like meadowsweet, ivy and periwinkle and rushes to give that

out-in-the-wilds feel. Pontoons over the water are the perfect

picnicking hang out, and a weeping willow provides a shady patch of

snoozing space near the river. Grassy banks roll gently down to the

water, opening this site up to The Tame for the first time in a century.

This is all season landscaping. We’ve created somewhere that will have

its own beauty throughout the year, just like the Peaks and the Pennines

beyond. Well, our summers are short, but what summers they’ll be…

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STILL FULL OF BEANS?

There are a million things to do. Here’s just a handful, but don’t be

distracted from exploring for yourself, you’re bound to find a million more.

� Head out to Dovestone Sailing Club where for a modest fee you can

join up and learn to windsurf, canoe, kayak or yacht. If all else fails, there

is a bar.

� Picnic like there’s no tomorrow! Try Stamford Park with its aviaries

and boating lake, Cheetham Park with its own nature reserve, or

freestyle it out on the hills and moors.

� Follow the Blue Plaque Trail, there are 16 in Stalybridge that’ll take

you on a decent meander around town, and if you’re going to do it

properly, you’ll find yourself in a few pubs too, home to several of

the plaques.

� Explore the territory between home and city and get to the new

Smithfields market in Openshawe for the freshest of fresh produce

and Sunday car boot sale goodies worth scrapping over.

� Your boots just made for walking? Then that’s just what they should

do… there are lots of routes from Longlands - up the Tame Valley is a

nice one - or you can follow the canal towpath for miles, knowing

you’ll never get lost.

� Get involved and throw yourself into a leading role in the Stalybridge

Carnival Parade which takes place each June.

� Give a little something back and sign up as a countryside voluntary

ranger, which could find you dry stone walling, tree planting or leading

guided walks. The council organises taster days for anyone interested.

� Take to the canal waters - you can get a short jaunt on the Staly Rose

from Uppermill at weekends, or give it a week and you can do the

whole Huddersfield Narrow Canal, including the journey through

Stanedge Tunnel, the UK’s longest, deepest, spookiest canal tunnel.

� Go to Stalybridge Station Buffet for a leisurely, fuss-free lunch - it’s

all homemade favourites and locally brewed real ale here. This place

is so good, people break their train journey just to drop in.

01 LOOKING ACROSS DOVESTONE RESERVOIR

02 SITUATED AT STALYBRIDGE RAILWAY STATION ON THE MAIN LINE BETWEEN

MANCHESTER AND HUDDERSFIELD, THE STATION BUFFET IS RENOWNED FOR TWO

REASONS: IT’S MOST LIKELY THE LAST TRADITIONAL BUFFET IN THE COUNTRY;

AND IT IS DEDICATED TO SERVING A WIDE RANGE OF GUEST REAL ALES. FOR A

DRINKING EXPERIENCE IN A LOCALE THAT IS PART PUB, PART MUSEUM AND

PART WAITING ROOM, HEAD FOR PLATFORM ONE.

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THE LOCATION OF LONGLANDS IN STALYBRIDGE

THE PENNINE WAY

Over the hills and not so far away at all is the start of the Peak District,

Britain’s first national park and home to 1,600 glorious miles of public

rights of way and 58 miles of dedicated off-road cycle tracks.

Home to the southern swathe of the Pennine range, the park is a

spectrum of landscapes, all alluring in their own way. Down in the south

is the White Peak; so soft, lush and rolling, it looks almost unreal. But it

doesn’t lack scale - go to Tissington to see the natural limestone

spires, or the Manifold Valley to explore deep, limestone gorges.

Up in the north, nearer to Stalybridge, is the Dark Peak. Think

Wuthering Heights. Think wild, windy moors and dramatic, brooding

sweeps of heathery hillside. In 1932, hundreds of ramblers trespassed

onto the dark, peaty Kinder Scout, in protest at the lack of public

access to the hills. These people literally fought for the right to walk

round here - we’re almost duty bound to follow and enjoy.

Kinder Scout is the highest point in the national park, at 636 metres.

That’s just about enough to wake you up on a Sunday morning. It’s also

enough to give you that top of the world feeling.

Elsewhere in the Peak District, you’ll find picture postcard villages,

complete with traditional summer ‘well-dressings’ and May Day fêtes.

Almost half of the 540 square mile park is farmed land. It’s home to

almost 3,000 listed buildings, around 4,000 miles of dry stone wall and

some of the best climbing in the world. Across the Peaks you’ll find places

where you can’t hear traffic, can’t see roads and if you pick your moment,

won’t see people. Which, from time to time, is just what you need.

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WALKING OUT AND ABOUT NEAR STALYBRIDGE

Who was it who said that walking was mans’ greatest medicine? That’s

it… Hippocrates. Not that he wandered much round Stalybridge, but if

he had been born any nearer, he would have been up and down the

Brushes Road as often as Jethro Tinker. The routes around Brushes

Valley, Walkerwood Reservoir and Hollingworth Moor are, as walks in

the Stalybridge area go, classics. And the starting point is a pub. You

couldn’t really ask for much more.

Stalybridge Country Park is about a mile north of the town centre, and

it incorporates Brushes Valley. The walks will take you through a real

variety of habitats and terrains, from open moorland to wooded,

grassy valleys. All routes are well signposted, and you can tailor a

walk so it’s just long enough to suit. Simply following the track that

runs alongside Walkerwood Reservoir, then up to the Swineshaw

Reservoirs, you’ll see plenty of wildlife including pheasants and

grouse, and vibrant purple rhododendrons right along the water’s edge

in early summer.

If the mood takes you, follow one of the paths up to the tops - you can

head up to Harridge Pike to the north, or Hollingworthall Moor to the

south. On clear days both afford panoramic views that make the walk

more than worthwhile, across the whole of the Peak District, all of the

north-west and into Wales. Even on a grey day the city is mapped out

as a sky line, with Ian Simpson’s blade-like Beetham Tower standing

proud of everything. And look… there’s Longlands, between you and

the city, and you can barely believe you’re in the same part of the world.

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WALKINGADVENTURES FURTHER AFIELD

Sun comes up, it’s Saturday morning, you skipped the legendary

Stalyvegas nightlife last night, so you’re all raring to go and you want

a walk you can really feel. It’s probably time to head up to Dovestones,

suitably attired and with flask in hand. Locals and visitors alike

consider this one of the most beautiful parts, well, of the world. And

so it is in its way… with its high peaks, sweeping valleys, glassy

reservoirs and dark, brooding craggy edges.

Starting out at Dovestone Reservoir you can create your own walk

through the valley. To take it to its full nine mile conclusion not only

means you’ve earned a good feed at the Stalybridge station buffet, but

also that you’re going to see some of the most remarkable offerings of

the Dark Peak.

You’ll see the foreboding Ravenstones and the precarious Trinnacle, an

untidy stack of gritstone slabs teetering over the valley. You’ll see the

rocky cascades of water heading down from Saddleworth Moor into the

reservoirs below. To the south is the expansive, wind-beaten moorland

and peaty tops of the Dark Peak; to the north, the green sides of the

hills opposite, and in between, water so still that it looks like a mirror.

That’s when the flask of tea should come out. And maybe the camera.

It’s time to take in the view, kick back for a moment, and lap up a very

simple pleasure. It’s what weekends were made for, really. Repeat as

required in other nearby beauty spots such as Bleaklow, Derwent

Water, Malham Cove, Stanedge Edge, until absolutely immersed in the

rambling way of life.

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THE TEAM

DEVELOPER Urban Splash

ARCHITECT Space Craft

CONSTRUCTION Urban Splash Build

QUANTITY SURVEYOR Simon Fenton Partnership

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER Elliot Wood

PLANNING SUPERVISOR Rawlings

PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY McCoy Wynne Associates

JETHRO TINKER IMAGES Jonathan Keenan Photography

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY Photoflex and Shaw and Shaw

COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGES Uniform Limited

COPY Heather Ditch at Native

PRINT Hill Shorter

DESIGN Urban Splash

DISCLAIMER

This brochure has been published before construction work has been finalised and isdesigned to be illustrative of the development. Whilst these particulars are believed tobe correct, their accuracy can not be guaranteed and during the course of constructionthere may be some variation to them. Purchasers and tenants are given notice that: 1. These particulars do not constitute any part of an offer or contract. 2. All statementsmade in these particulars are made without reponsibility on the part of the agents orthe developer. 3. None of the statements contained in these particulars are to be reliedupon as statement or representation of fact. 4. Any intended purchaser or tenant mustsatisfy him/herself by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of thestatements contained in these particulars. 5. The developer does not make or give, norany person in their employment has any authority to make or give any representation orwarranty whatever in relation to Longlands, The Mill or Pattern House or any part ofthem. 6. The selling agents do not make or give, nor any person in their employmenthas any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatever in relation toLonglands, The Mill or Pattern House or any part of them. 7. Date of publication May 2007.

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