Mellor Open Gardens: Sunday 11th May 2025

More details are awaited from event organisers but save the date!

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The Charities supported by Mellor Open Gardens

Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research UK is a cancer research and awareness charity in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man, formed on 4 February 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Its aim is to reduce the number of deaths from cancer.

As the world's largest independent cancer research charity it conducts research into the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the disease. Research activities are carried out in institutes, universities and hospitals across the UK, both by the charity's own employees and by its grant-funded researchers. It also provides information about cancer and runs campaigns aimed at raising awareness of the disease and influencing public policy.

Cancer Research UK's work is almost entirely funded by the public. It raises money through donations, legacies, community fundraising, events like Open Gardens in Marple, retail and corporate partnerships. Over 40,000 people are regular volunteers.

Mellor Centre

Mellor Centre, which is also a charity, serves as the community centre in Mellor, in a Victorian stone building which formerly housed Mellor Primary School. Around the turn of the Millennium, Stockport MBC decided to build a new primary school for the village, as the old school's facilities did not meet modern educational needs, and the building reverted to St. Thomas' Church nearby. Subsequently, the building was partially modernised and converted to use as a community centre and small Parish Office for the Church. It now hosts a considerable number of cultural and social activities for all age groups, including art and theatre groups, dance classes, yoga, Brownies, Girl Guides, toddler groups, and karate sessions, as well as private functions such as wedding and birthday parties, and it provides meeting rooms for local organisations including the Mellor Archaeological Trust.

Despite the income generated by these activities, fund-raising events have to continue regularly, both to help to defray on-going maintenance costs, and to raise money for further improvements to its facilities, which in turn encourages more community use of the building.

Thank you to the sponsors of Mellor Open Gardens:

Marple Area Committee: £500 of Area Flexibility Funding

C&C Insurance Brokers: £500 of sponsorship

Edward Mellor Estate Agents & Lettings: £500 of sponsorship

Royal Scot, Marple Bridge: £150 of sponsorship

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All about Mellor

Mellor is a hidden rural village in a lovely hillside setting, close to the open countryside of Derbyshire but within easy reach of Manchester. With around 2,000 inhabitants, it lies on the outskirts of Stockport in an area that has been continuously occupied since the Iron Age some 2,500 years ago, with archaeological evidence suggesting periodic occupation up to 10,000 years ago.

The beautiful church of St Thomas, which sits proudly above the village with fantastic views westwards over the Cheshire Plain, has its own historic pedigree dating back to Norman times, and has in recent years achieved more fame with the discovery of an important hill fort situated around the hill. If you would like to learn more, visit www.mellorarchaeology.org.uk

The village is linear, its main lane leading from the characterful village centre of Marple Bridge, then rising and narrowing in a continuous 2½ mile climb towards the Derbyshire border and the Peak District. The architecture of the village varies from red brick Edwardian villas at the lower end of the village to picturesque stone cottages further up the hill; these were formerly the homes of mill workers and labourers for the old industries which grew in the nineteenth century because of the proximity of fast flowing streams and coal mining.

Today Mellor village is home to a thriving mixed community with many activities and interest groups catering for all ages. Not surprisingly, among the fortunate inhabitants are a fair share of enthusiastic gardeners, some of whom will be inviting you to visit this year!

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