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District of Littleborough
England - United Kingdom

Milnrow

Milnrow (pop. 12,500) is a suburban town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines, and forms a continuous urban area with Rochdale. It is 1.9 miles east of Rochdale's town centre, 10.4 miles north-northeast of the city of Manchester, and spans across urban, suburban and rural locations—from Windy Hill in the east through to the Rochdale Canal in the west.

Located at 53.61, -2.11111 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Geography of Rochdale, Towns in Greater Manchester

Summit Tunnel

The Summit Tunnel in England is one of the oldest railway tunnels in the world: it was built between 1838 and 1841 by the Manchester and Leeds Railway beneath the Pennines. The tunnel is located between Littleborough and Walsden, Todmorden and created a vital gateway between Manchester and Leeds.

Located at 53.6839, -2.09194 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Rail transport in West Yorkshire, Rail transport in Greater Manchester, Tunnels in West Yorkshire, Tunnels in Greater Manchester, Trans-Pennine Railway tunnels, Buildings and structures in Rochdale, Buildings and structures in Calderdale

Summit Tunnel fire

On 20 December 1984 a dangerous goods train passing through the Summit Tunnel on the Greater Manchester/West Yorkshire border, caught fire on the rail line between Littleborough and Todmorden, England.

Located at 53.6751, -2.08826 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Railway accidents in England, Industrial accidents and incidents, Fires in England, Train and subway fires, Railway accidents in 1984, 1984 in England, 1984 fires, Tunnel disasters, Chimney effect fires

Littleborough, Greater Manchester

Littleborough is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It is located in the upper Roch Valley by the foothills of the South Pennines, 3 miles northeast of Rochdale and 12.6 miles north-northeast of Manchester; Milnrow and the M62 motorway are to the south, and the rural uplands of Blackstone Edge are to the east. In 2001, Littleborough and its suburbs of Calderbrook, Shore, and Smithy Bridge, had a population of 13,807.

Located at 53.6439, -2.09806 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Towns in Greater Manchester, Post towns in the OL postcode area

Hollingworth Lake

Hollingworth Lake is a 130-acre reservoir in the Hollingworth area of Littleborough — part of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. The lake was originally built as the main water source for the Rochdale Canal, but developed as a tourist resort from the 1860s, and became known as the Weighver's Seaport. Hotels were built around it, at least two of which had outdoor dancing stages with gas lighting.

Located at 53.6306, -2.09642 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Visitor attractions in Rochdale, Lakes of England, Canal reservoirs in England, Wildlife sanctuaries of the United Kingdom

Wardle, Greater Manchester

Wardle (pop. 7,092) is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the South Pennines, 1.8 miles east-southeast of Whitworth, 2.5 miles north-northwest of Rochdale and 12 miles north-northeast of the city of Manchester. Historically a part of Lancashire, Wardle and its surroundings have provided archaeological evidence of Mesolithic activity in the area.

Located at 53.6478, -2.13222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Areas of Rochdale, Villages in Greater Manchester

Littleborough railway station

Littleborough railway station serves the small town of Littleborough in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the Caldervale Line 13¾ miles (22 km) north of Manchester Victoria towards Halifax, Bradford Interchange and Leeds. This is the last station on the Caldervale Line in the Greater Manchester area.

Located at 53.6429, -2.0947 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Railway stations in Rochdale, Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1839, Railway stations served by Northern Rail, DfT Category F2 stations

Smithy Bridge railway station

Smithy Bridge railway station serves the village of Smithy Bridge and Hollingworth Lake near Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. The station is on the Caldervale Line 12+⁄4 miles north of Manchester Victoria on the way to Leeds.

Located at 53.6333, -2.1134 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Railway stations in Rochdale, Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations, Railway stations served by Northern Rail, DfT Category F1 stations

Athletic Grounds, Rochdale

The Athletic Grounds was a stadium in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It was the home of Rochdale Hornets Rugby League Football Club for over 90 years up until 1988. It has also been used for speedway. A Morrisons supermarket now stands on the site.

Located at 53.6122, -2.13545 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Defunct sports venues in Greater Manchester, Defunct rugby league venues in England, Buildings and structures in Rochdale, Former buildings and structures of England

Littleborough and Saddleworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Littleborough and Saddleworth was a parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester, England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

Located at 53.64, -2.1 (Lat. / Lng.), about 0 miles away.
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Parliamentary constituencies in North West England (historic), Politics of Rochdale, Politics of Oldham, United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1983, United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1997

HM Prison Buckley Hall

HM Prison Buckley Hall is a Category C men's prison, located in the Buckley district of Rochdale in North West England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.

Located at 53.635, -2.145 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Category C prisons in England, Buildings and structures in Rochdale, Prisons in Greater Manchester

Buckley Hall

Buckley Hall was a historic house in the hamlet of Buckley, in the Wardleworth township of the Parish of Rochdale, Lancashire - what is now a district of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. From 1888 to 1947, Buckley Hall was an orphanage for Catholic boys. Described in 1889 as a former mansion belonging to a family by the name of Buckley, the hall has long been demolished. However it gives its name to the Buckley Hall Prison which now occupies the site.

Located at 53.6353, -2.14447 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Rochdale, Houses in Greater Manchester

Milnrow Urban District

Milnrow Urban District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district of the administrative county of Lancashire, in northwest England. It covered an area to the east and southeast of the County Borough of Rochdale, and included the town of Milnrow, the village of New Hey, and the Piethorne Valley; Crompton Urban District lay to the south. Milnrow Urban District was created by the Local Government Act 1894, and was for the most part the successor to the township of Butterworth.

Located at 53.61, -2.11 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Local government in Rochdale, Districts of England created by the Local Government Act 1894, Districts of England abolished by the Local Government Act 1972, History of Lancashire, History of Greater Manchester, Urban districts of England

Butterworth (ancient township)

Butterworth was a township occupying the southeastern part of the parish of Rochdale, in the hundred of Salford, Lancashire, England. It encompassed 12.1 square miles of land by the South Pennines which spanned the settlements of Belfield, Bleaked-gate-cum-Roughbank, Butterworth Hall, Clegg, Firgrove, Haughs, Hollingworth, Lowhouse, Milnrow, Newhey, Ogden, Rakewood, Smithy Bridge, Tunshill and Wildhouse.

Located at 53.61, -2.1 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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History of Rochdale, History of Greater Manchester, History of Lancashire, 1894 disestablishments in England

Buckley, Greater Manchester

Buckley is a suburban area within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies at the northern fringe of Rochdale, along the course of Buckley Brook, "upon an eminence of ground" by the South Pennines. It is 1.2 miles south-southwest of the village of Wardle and 1.3 miles north-northeast of Rochdale's town centre. Buckley spans a watercourse, a prison, farmland and residential properties.

Located at 53.6311, -2.14194 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Areas of Rochdale

Wardleworth

Wardleworth was a township at the geographic centre of the Parish of Rochdale, in Salford hundred, Lancashire, England. The principal estate of this township was Buckley. Though the administrative territory has long been abolished, the name continues as a geographic reference frame for that part of Rochdale.

Located at 53.6276, -2.1532 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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History of Rochdale, History of Greater Manchester, History of Lancashire

Wardleworth railway station

Wardleworth railway station served the township of Wardleworth in Rochdale, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England, from 1870 until closure in 1947. Between here and Rochdale station was the Roch Valley Viaduct, now demolished.

Located at 53.623, -2.149 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Disused railway stations in Rochdale, Former Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway stations, Railway stations opened in 1870, Railway stations closed in 1947

Roch Valley Viaduct

Roch Valley Viaduct was built in the 1860s in Rochdale, Greater Manchester and carried the Rochdale to Bacup railway line between Rochdale and Wardleworth stations. It was demolished in 1972. A trial explosion was carried out at one arch at the section over the River Roch, and inadvertently, the rest of the viaduct came down as well. Luckily nobody was hurt.

Located at 53.6196, -2.14075 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Rochdale, Viaducts in the United Kingdom, Demolished bridges in England

Rakewood Viaduct

Rakewood Viaduct carries the M62 Motorway over Rakewood Valley and Longden End Brook between junctions 21 and 22 at Littleborough in Greater Manchester, England. The viaduct is 840 feet long and 140 feet above the valley floor. It was built in 1966 by Reed and Mallik Ltd and opened to motorway traffic in October 1971.

Located at 53.6205, -2.083 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Rochdale, Viaducts in the United Kingdom

Watergrove Reservoir

Watergrove Reservoir is a reservoir close to Wardle in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, within Greater Manchester, England. Rochdale Corporation chose Watergrove as a suitable site to build a large reservoir largely to a prolonged drought in the 1930s, resulting in water regularly being bought from Oldham.

Located at 53.6572, -2.13806 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Reservoirs in Greater Manchester

Smithy Bridge

Smithy Bridge is a suburb of Littleborough within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. Hollingworth Lake Country Park is close by. Smithy Bridge was formerly a part of Butterworth. {{#invoke: Navbox | navbox }} {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:53|38|N|2|07|W|region:GB_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki|| |primary |name= }}

Located at 53.6333, -2.11667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Areas of Rochdale, Villages in Greater Manchester

Rochdale Way

The Rochdale Way is a circular 45 mile walking route around the borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, which takes in the best scenery and interesting buildings of the area.

Located at 53.6341, -2.0925 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Long-distance footpaths in England

Arkwright Mill, Rochdale

Arkwright Mill, Rochdale is a cotton spinning mill in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. It was built in 1885 by the Arkwright Cotton Spinning Co. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1964.

Located at 53.6257, -2.1388 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Textile mills owned by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation, Textile mills in Rochdale, Buildings and structures in Rochdale

Milnrow Road

Milnrow Road was a cricket ground in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1868, when the Gentlemen of Rochdale played Australian Aboriginals during their tour of England. In 1876, the ground held its only first-class match when the North played the South. The final recorded match on the ground came in 1877 when Rochdale played Burnley. The ground was later required for building and built over.

Located at 53.6136, -2.14096 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Defunct cricket grounds in England, Buildings and structures in Rochdale, Sport in Rochdale, Cricket grounds in Greater Manchester

St John the Baptist's Church, Smallbridge

St John the Baptist's Church, Smallbridge, is located in Halifax Road, Smallbridge, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the benefice of Wardle and Smallbridge, the deanery of Rochdale, the archdeaconry of Rochdale, and the diocese of Manchester. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building. It was a Commissioners' church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission.

Located at 53.6338, -2.132 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Grade II listed buildings in Greater Manchester, Church of England churches in Greater Manchester, Anglican Diocese of Manchester, Gothic Revival architecture in Greater Manchester, Grade II listed churches, Religious buildings completed in 1834, 19th-century Church of England church buildings, Commissioners' churches, Lewis Vulliamy buildings