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Public services
[edit]Home Office policing in Ashton-under-Lyne is provided by the Greater Manchester Police. The force's "(G) Division" have their divisional headquarters for policing Tameside in the town.[1][2] Public transport is co-ordinated by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive. Statutory emergency fire and rescue service is provided by the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, which has one station in Ashton-under-Lyne, on Slate Lane.[3]
The Tameside General Hospital is a large NHS hospital on the outskirts of Ashton-under-Lyne,[4] administrated by Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.[5] The North West Ambulance Service provides emergency patient transport. Other forms of health care are provided for locally by several small clinics and surgeries.
Waste management is co-ordinated by the local authority via the Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority.[6] Locally produced inert waste for disposal is sent to landfill at the Beal Valley.[7] Oldham's Distribution Network Operator for electricity is United Utilities;[8] there are no power stations in the town. United Utilities also manages Oldham's drinking and waste water;[8] water supplies being sourced from several local reservoirs, including Dovestones and Chew.[9] There is a water treatment works at Waterhead.[8]
- ^ Greater Manchester Police (2006-1-25). "Ashton". gmp.police.uk. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Greater Manchester Police (2006-01-25). "Your Area - Tameside". gmp.police.uk. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
- ^ Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, Ashton-Under-Lyne Fire Station, manchesterfire.gov.uk, retrieved 2007-10-31
- ^ "Profile". tamesidehospital.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
- ^ "About the Trust". tamesidehospital.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
- ^ Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (2008), Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA), gmwda.gov.uk, retrieved 2008-02-08
- ^ Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, Minerals and Waste development planning, oldham.gov.uk, retrieved 2008-02-08
- ^ a b c United Utilities (2007-04-17), Oldham, unitedutilities.com, retrieved 2008-02-08
- ^ United Utilities (2007-04-17), Dove Stone Reservoirs, unitedutilities.com, retrieved 2008-02-08