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4 unusual facts about Styal


History of Manchester Airport

It is the terminus of a spur line west from the railway line from Manchester through Styal to Wilmslow and Crewe.

In 1997 the second runway was planned and construction on it started, and caused much protest in the area about it intruding on woodland in the Styal area.

James MacLachlan

James MacLachlan (known as Jay) was born on 1 April 1919 at Styal in Cheshire, the second of six children of Hugh MacLachlan and his wife Helen (née Orr-Ewing).

Sir Guy Lloyd, 1st Baronet

He married in 1918 Helen Kynaston, daughter of Colonel E.W. Greig of Northcliffe Hall, Styal, Cheshire, and by her had one son and four daughters.


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East Didsbury

East Didsbury railway station, a heavy rail stop in Disbury England, located along the Styal Line.

HM Prison Styal

In June 2004, an inspection report from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons, stated that inmates at Styal Prison were being put at risk by a lack of support during drug withdrawal and with mental health problems.

No. 1 Parachute Training School RAF

To maintain secrecy, these men and women were accommodated in separate secure premises in Bowdon and Styal and were trained in select groups.

Styal railway station

The station is on Station Road 110 m from the edge of the National Trust Quarry Bank Mill/Styal Estate and 600 m from Styal Women's Prison and Young Offenders Institute.


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