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Human settlement in England

Offerton
OS grid reference	SJ916885
Metropolitan borough	Stockport
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STOCKPORT
Postcode district	SK2
Dialling code	0161

Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West

List of places UK England Greater Manchester

Offerton is a suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester.

It includes the areas of Bosden Farm, Foggbrook and the Offerton Estate. It has one high school - Offerton High School.

In 1875 Offerton was one of eight civil parishes in Cheshire to be included in the Stockport Rural Sanitary District. The sanitary district became the Stockport Rural District in 1894.

It became part of the Hazel Grove and Bramhall urban district in 1900. The district was abolished in 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and its former area was transferred to Greater Manchester to be combined with that of other districts to form the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport.