About Us

Meeks Shoes

 Meeks shoes was established in 1901 by my great grandfather Edward Meeks. He ran away from home at the age of 16 with just a shilling in his pocket and boarded a train  to Ashton-Under-Lyne. Edward managed to get a job as a sales assistant in a shoe shop, in Ashton, and eventually saved enough money to start his own shop, shown below. He became very involved in the local community and was awarded Alderman of the town.

Today the business is run by myself John, and my sister, the 4th generation of the Meeks family.  I took over the business from my father in 1998 and in 2004 we acquired another long standing family business, Salter's shoes, in Oldham. We now have 5 stores located in: Ashton-Under-Lyne, Sale, Oldham and
Alderley Edge and Stockport.

I hope that you can feel that you can trust us as a family business and if there is anything that we can help you with please do contact me directly and I will be happy to help.

 
Our Original Store Photographed in 1913

Our old Ashton store. After 50 Years of trading on Warrington Street Ashton-Under-Lyne, opposite the original site, we have Closed this store & relocated. See below.
Our new Ashton store

Meeks Ashton

Store Address

21 Staveleigh Mall
LadySmith Shopping Centre
Ashton-Under-Lyne
Lancashire
OL6 7JJ
0161 330 3989

Store Opening Hours

Mon - 9:30 AM - 4:50 PM 
Tue - 9:30 AM - 4:50 PM 
Wed - 9:30 AM - 4:50 PM 
Thu - 9:30 AM - 4:50 PM 
Fri - 9:30 AM - 4:50 PM 
Sat - 9:30 AM - 4:50 PM 
Sun - Closed.

Our new Ashton store is located next to Boots in Ashton-Under-Lyne.

Meeks Oldham

Store Address

26-28 High Streeet
Oldham
Lancashire
OL1 1JD
0161 624 2267

Store Opening Hours

Mon - 9:30 AM - 5:00PM
Tue - 9:30 AM - 5:00PM
Wed - 9:30 AM - 5:00PM
Thu - 9:30 AM - 5:00PM
Fri - 9:30 AM -  5:00PM
Sat - 9:30 AM - 5:00PM
Sun - Closed.

We bought the shop in Oldham from Graham Salter in 2004. Salters, as it was then known, was also a well loved family firm that had been trading since the 1920's. Graham retired and kindly sold the business to us. We have been very lucky to retain all of the staff from the old shop. Joanne, the manager, has worked in the shop since leaving school and Maralyn, the manager of the children's department, has been with the company for over 17 years.

Our Alderley Edge Store

Meeks Alderley Edge

This store has now closed, we would like to thank all our customer for their valued custom over the last 10 years. 


Meeks Sale

Store Address

13 Town Square
Cheshire
Sale
M33 7ZE
0161 973 1103

Store Opening Hours

Mon - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM 
Tue - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM. 
Wed - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM 
Thu - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM 
Fri - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM 
Sat - 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM 
Sun - Closed
We have been trading in Sale for over 20 years, but have been in the Square for 7 years now. Sale is a smaller town, but has a good mix of independent stores, which is rare now. We offer a greater range of discounted shoes in this shop, together with our full price merchandise.


Our Second Stockport Store

Meeks Stockport

Store Address

2 Warren Street
Stockport
Cheshire
SK1 1UD
0161 480 6964

We opened this store in April 2016, this store provides much easier access to our children's department as it is on the ground floor, it also offers much more space and a more modern look.

Store Opening Hours

Mon - 9:30 AM - 4:50 PM 
Tue - 9:30 AM - 4:50 PM. 
Wed - 9:30 AM - 4:50 PM 
Thu - 9:30 AM - 4:50 PM 
Fri - 9:30 AM - 4:50 PM 
Sat - 9:30 AM - 4:50 PM 
Sun - Closed