Rochdale is a town in Greater Manchester, England, and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. In the 2021 Census, the town had a population of 111,261, compared to 223,773 for the wider borough. Rochdale is in the foothills of the South Pennines and lies in the dale (valley) of the River Roch, 5 miles (8 km) north-west of Oldham and 10 miles (16 km) north-east of Manchester.
Middleton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, on the River Irk. It is 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Rochdale and 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Manchester. Middleton had a population of 42,972 at the 2011 Census. It lies on the northern edge of Manchester, with Blackley to the south and Moston to the south east.
Castleton is an area of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) south-southwest of Rochdale town centre and 8 miles (13 km) north-northeast of the city of Manchester.
Harpurhey is an inner-city suburb of Manchester, in Greater Manchester, England, three miles north east of the city centre. Historically in Lancashire, the population at the 2011 census was 17,652.
Heywood is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, in the historic county of Lancashire. It had a population of 28,205 at the 2011 Census. The town lies on the south bank of the River Roch, 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Bury, 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Rochdale, and 8 miles (12.9 km) north of Manchester. Middleton lies to the south, whilst to the north is the Cheesden Valley, open moorland, and the Pennines.
Norden is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It was historically part of Lancashire until 1974. It is situated on the western outskirts of the town of Rochdale.
Thornham is a suburban area straddling Middleton, Royton and Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. The area crosses the border of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham and the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale and is divided at a constituency and electoral ward level.
Alkrington Garden Village is a suburban area of Middleton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England.
Winstanley is a suburb of Wigan in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, the area had a population of 15,849, reducing at the 2011 census to 11,264.
Pilsworth is an area in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. Historically, it was a township and civil parish, but in 1894 it was divided between Bury, Heywood, and Unsworth.
Higher End or Billinge Higher End is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England.
Butterworth was a township occupying the southeastern part of the parish of Rochdale, in the hundred of Salford, Lancashire, England. It was also a civil parish. It encompassed 12.1 square miles (31 km2) of land in the South Pennines which spanned the settlements of Belfield, Bleaked-gate-cum-Roughbank, Butterworth Hall, Clegg, Haughs, Hollingworth, Kitcliffe, Lowhouse, Milnrow, Newhey, Ogden, Rakewood, Smithy Bridge, Tunshill and Wildhouse. It extended to the borders of Crompton to the south, and to the highest points of Bleakedgate Moor and Clegg Moor, up to the ridge of Blackstone Edge, to the east, where its boundary was the old county boundary between Lancashire and Yorkshire. In 1891 the parish had a population of 9438.
Bardsley is a suburban area of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England.
Wardleworth was a township at the geographic centre of the parish of Rochdale, in Salford hundred, Lancashire, England and later a separate civil parish. The principal estate of the township was Buckley. Though the administrative territory has long been abolished, the name continues as a geographic reference frame for that part of Rochdale.
Spotland is a district of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. The Rochdale ward name is Spotland and Falinge. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 10,805. It lies on the River Spodden, and is the home of Spotland Stadium.
Over Hulton is a suburb of Westhoughton within the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it lies 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south west of Bolton.
Pennington, a suburb of Leigh, in the Wigan district, in the county of Greater Manchester, England. It was one of six townships in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Leigh, that with Westleigh and Bedford merged to form the town of Leigh in 1875. The township of Pennington covered most of Leigh's town centre.
Tonge is a residential and industrial area of Middleton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester. It lies on the east side of Middleton between the town centre and its border with Chadderton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham.
Heap was an area of Bury, in the county of Lancashire, England. Most of the township was on the south bank of the River Roch.
Ashworth is a hamlet within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies in the Ashworth Valley, on the western edge of Rochdale, set amongst the Pennines. It is separated from Rochdale by the Norden Brook.
