Bredbury is a suburban town within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, in Greater Manchester, England, located 7.9 miles south east of Manchester, 1.8 miles east of Stockport and 3.2 miles south west of Hyde. At the 2001 census it had a population of 15,126. The village reaches to the lower southern slopes of Werneth Low, an outlier of the Peak District between the valleys of the River Tame and River Goyt, head-waters of the River Mersey.