Home | Live departures | Journey Planner | Train Services | Streetmap | About Davenport | Travel Tips | Links
About Davenport
Street Map of Davenport
Businesses near Davenport station
Network Rail full details for Davenport station
Address of the station:
Davenport Station
Bramhall Lane
Davenport
STOCKPORT
Greater Manchester
SK3 8SA
Davenport is a mostly-residential, tree-lined, suburb of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England. Its focal point is its railway station, which is on the Manchester - Stockport - Buxton line, and it does have a range of facilities within a short distance which make it a particularly good place to live for anyone who does not wish to drive a car. The picture above is the view from the station entrance.
Minutes from the station there are some good quality shops, including two convenience stores, a bank, a pharmacy, a baker's, two off-licences, a butchers and a greengrocer as well as a post office/newsagent. Davenport is well-served by buses to Stockport town centre which has a wide range of stores, and the trains will get you to Manchester Piccadilly station in 20 minutes. Piccadilly station itself has its own shopping centre: many things can be bought without even leaving the station.
The trains heading away from Stockport offer an instant transfer to the countryside, with pleasant walks along the Middlewood Way and Peak Forest Canal 15 minutes away and the Peak National Park within half an hour.
Stockport's main hospital, Stepping Hill, is a couple of kilometres away, and even the town's cemetery and crematorium and within walking distance. We have a 'green-flag' park, Cale Green Park, incorporating a kids' playground and with Cricket and Lacrosse clubs adjacent, and a good public house, the 'Jolly Sailor' about five minutes walk from the station. The pub srves food, and there are also handy take-away food places. A Methodist church is nearby, and the large late-Victorian Anglican church, St George's, is a short way towards Stockport.
Facilities for young families in Davenport are perhaps not quite so good as for the older age range, as local authority schools are slightly awkwardly-located. There are several nursing homes and sheltered flats for the elderly, and a wide range of housing for all tastes within easy reach of the station, thanks to the fact that the first houses built here were large mansions, most of which were demolished in the 1960s and 70s and replaced by more practical accommodation.