Mossley is a town in Tameside on the north-east side of Greater Manchester. It constitutes a civil parish, which according to the 2001 census had a population of 9,856.

The name Mossley comes from 'Moss', a bog or swamp, and 'leah', a clearing in a wood.

It has the distinction being situated in three different counties - Lancashire, Yorkshire and Cheshire. All three parts are still defined by the positions of the parish churches: St George's Church in Lancashire, St John the Baptist Church in Yorkshire and All Saints' Church, Micklehurst in Cheshire. The town's unofficial Coat of Arms includes Cheshire's sheaf of corn, Lancashire's red rose and Yorkshire's white rose to signify the historic demarcation.

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