The Stables is under half an hour’s drive from Manchester Airport, twenty five minutes’ drive from Manchester city centre, and only seven minutes away from the national motorway network.  Surrounded by mature trees, the nine houses in the private estate of Westerhill are in a country park, on the edge of the Pennine hills.  Westerhill was originally the home of the iron masters from nearby Park Bridge, the same family running the famous iron works for over 200 years.  The old mill town of Ashton-under-Lyne has an extensive shopping centre with well known names such as Marks & Spencer, Boots, Next, etc., and is renowned for its 700-year-old market, open seven days a week.  There is also an excellent Tourist Information Centre.