ABOUT TAMESIDEAshton-under-Lyne – M60 access via junction 23Ashton-under-Lyne is the largest town directly on the new Greater Manchester orbital motorway, just 20 minutes drive from Manchester Airport and an hour from Leeds and Liverpool. It enjoys Greater Manchester's third busiest town centre with a population of 353,000 within a 10 minute drive. Phase One of the Ashton Northern By-pass is complete and Phase Two is imminent. Current investment in Ashton includes Ashton Moss, where Office Depot have created a multi-million pound 287,000sq.ft distribution and call centre and where the Leisure Park is trading extremely well with CineUK, KFC, Frankie and Benny's, Hollywood Bowl and Brewers Fayre, all reporting excellent business. These outlets are now joined by Nando's and The Eat as well as a new Travelodge. Bellway Homes are creating an Urban Village around the canalside location of Portland Basin and erecting 139 new houses and apartments, whilst developers Ask are in the process of creating a brand new £55million Central Business District just minutes from the town centre and half a mile from Junction 23. Through private and public sector support generated since 1996 through the Ashton Regeneration Project, the town has already benefited by more than £400m worth of investment. A new high profile marketing campaign using the brand of ‘Ashton Underlined’ and supported by both the public and private sector, is actively promoting the strap line, ‘New Jobs, New Homes, New Pride’. For further information about Ashton-under-Lyne please visit: New Charter Housing Trust Headquarters, Ashton-under-Lyne
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