Brinnington's a north-eastern suburb of Stockport, Greater Manchester. It's situated on a bluff above a bend in the Tame Valley and's an area of vast regeneration, it consists mainly of council owned dwellings including high rise flats. Brinnington's an area of poverty and deprivation -- with high crime levels and long-term unemployment at 20%. Brinnington was once an area of open farm land, but then as in many other areas the land was required in the local authority housing developments of th… (More on Brinnington)