Metropolitan Borough of Oldham
The Civic Centre at Oldham
Coat of Arms of the Borough Council
Motto: "Sapere Aude" "Dare to be wise"
Oldham shown within England
Coordinates: 53°32′N 2°07′W / 53.533, -2.117
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
Ceremonial county	Greater Manchester
Admin HQ	Oldham (Civic Centre)
Founded	1 April 1974
Borough status	23 November 1973
Government
- Type	Metropolitan borough
- Governing body	Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
- Mayor	Cllr. Anne Wingate
- MPs:	Phil Woolas (L) Michael Meacher (L) David Heyes (L)
Area
- Total	55 sq mi (142.4 km²)
Elevation	1,778 ft (542 m)
Population (2006 est.)
- Total	219,600 (Ranked 57th)
- Density	3,996.4/sq mi (1,543/km²)
- Ethnicity (United Kingdom estimate 2005)[1]	84.4% White 13.3% S. Asian or mixed 1.6% Black or mixed 0.5% Chinese or other
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
Postcode areas	OL, M
Area code(s)	0161 / 01706 / 01457
ISO 3166-2	GB-OLD
ONS code	00BP
OS grid reference	SD922053
NUTS 3	UKD32
Website: www.oldham.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. It is named after its largest town, Oldham, but covers a far larger area totaling 55 square miles (142.4 km²),^[2] which includes the towns of Chadderton, Failsworth, Royton, and Shaw and Crompton. The borough also includes the village of Lees and the parish of Saddleworth. For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. ... For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states. ... 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The borough was formed in 1974 as part of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 and is an amalgamation of seven former local government districts. The borough has two civil parishes and 20 electoral wards. The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district represented by one or more councillors. ...

The borough, which lies directly to the northeast of the City of Manchester, has a population of 219,600, and although some parts are highly industrialised and densely populated, contiguous with one of the United Kingdom's major cities, around two thirds of the borough consists of rural open space, for the most part due the territory in the eastern half stretching across the Pennine hills. This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... Typical Pennine scenery. ...

Noted as one of the more unpopular amalgamations of territory created by local government reform in the 1970s,^[3][4][5] the Oldham borough is undergoing a £50,000 rebranding exercise. There had been calls for the borough to be renamed from a "vocal minority" as part of the rebranding,^[6][5] however this was dismissed.^[7] GBP redirects here. ...

History

Areas of the borough: 1.Oldham 2.Lees 3.Failsworth 4.Chadderton 5.Royton 6.Shaw and Crompton 7.Saddleworth.

The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 as one of the ten metropolitan districts of Greater Manchester. It was created by the amalgamation of the County Borough of Oldham along with the Chadderton Urban District, Crompton Urban District, Failsworth Urban District and Lees Urban District from the administrative county of Lancashire and the Saddleworth Urban District from the administrative county of Yorkshire, West Riding. For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. ... , Lees is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... , Failsworth is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... Statistics Population: 33,001 (2001 Census) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD9005 Administration Metropolitan Borough: Oldham Metropolitan county: Greater Manchester Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Greater Manchester Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Greater Manchester Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance... , Royton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham,[1] in Greater Manchester, England. ... Shaw and Crompton is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... Saddleworth is a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham formed by a collection of villages and hamlets amongst the west side of the Pennine hills, in North West England. ... is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... The Local Government Act 1972 (1972 c. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which has a population of 2. ... The County Borough of Oldham was, from 1889 to 1974, a local government district centred on Oldham in the northwest of England. ... Chadderton was a local government district in Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. ... Crompton Urban District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England which covered the modern-day town and civil parish of Shaw and Crompton. ... Failsworth is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. ... Lees (or Lees Urban District) was from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England. ... An administrative county is an administrative area in the British Isles. ... Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... The West Riding as an administrative county prior to its abolition in 1974. ...

Though the Act of Parliament centralised the local governance of a number of settlements to Oldham, it was not the first time that political governance, administration or geographic demarcation has been shared by Oldham and its outlying settlements. In 1212, Oldham and Shaw and Crompton formed part of the thegnage estate of Kaskenmoor, which was held on behalf of King John by Roger de Montbegon and William de Nevill. Ecclesiastically, Oldham, Royton, Chadderton and Crompton formed townships, firstly within the parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, and later within the parish of Oldham, within the hundred of Salfordshire, sharing a mother church at Oldham. Saddleworth at this time was linked with Rochdale parish, and Failsworth with Manchester parish, both of Salfordshire. Shaw and Crompton is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... Map of runestones raised over a thegn. ... This article is about the King of England. ... Roger de Montbegon[1] (d. ... , Royton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham,[1] in Greater Manchester, England. ... Statistics Population: 33,001 (2001 Census) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD9005 Administration Metropolitan Borough: Oldham Metropolitan county: Greater Manchester Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Greater Manchester Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Greater Manchester Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance... The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. ... Prestwich-cum-Oldham (also known as Prestwich with Oldham) was an ancient parish of the Salford Hundred, within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire, England, and an ecclesiastical division of the extensive Diocese of Lichfield. ... The hundred of Salford (sometimes known as Salfordshire) was an ancient division of the county of Lancashire. ... Saddleworth is a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham formed by a collection of villages and hamlets amongst the west side of the Pennine hills, in North West England. ... ‹ The template below (Expand) is being considered for deletion. ... , Failsworth is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... Manchester was an ancient parish in the hundred of Salfordshire in Lancashire, England. ...

The Representation of the People Act 1832 created the Oldham Parliamentary Borough which returned two Members of Parliament to the British House of Commons representing Oldham, Chadderton, Crompton, Royton, and Lees. The Oldham Coalfield spanned from Royton in the north, through Oldham to Middleton and Chadderton in the west. The Oldham post town is shared by all parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, apart from Failsworth. The Representation of the People Act 1832, commonly known as the Reform Act 1832, was an Act of Parliament that introduced wide-ranging changes to the electoral system of the United Kingdom. ... Oldham was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Oldham, Lancashire, England. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Type Lower House Speaker Michael Martin, (Non-affiliated) since October 23, 2000 Leader Harriet Harman, (Labour) since June 28, 2007 Shadow Leader Theresa May, (Conservative) since May 5, 2005 Members 659 Political groups Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Plaid Cymru Democratic Unionist Party Sinn Féin... , Lees is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... , Middleton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. ... The OL postcode area, also known as the Oldham postcode area,[1] is a group of postal districts in North West England that are sub-divisions of eight post towns. ...

In the early 20th century, following some exchanges of land, there were attempts to amalgamate Chadderton Urban District with the County Borough of Oldham.^[8] However, this was resisted by councillors from Chadderton Urban District Council.^[8]

It was proposed in a government White paper that the metropolitan borough include the town of Middleton. However this was given to the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale once it was decided that Rochdale and Bury would not be merged.^[9] It was also suggested that the area be named the "Metropolitan Borough of Newham", the "Metropolitan Borough of Milltown" or the "Metropolitan Borough of the West Pennines". These names raised strong objections from local communities however.^{[citation needed]} A white paper is an authoritative report. ... , Middleton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. ... The Metropolitan borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. ... For other uses, see Rochdale (disambiguation). ... This article is about the town of Bury in North West England. ...

The borough is often noted as one of the more unpopular amalgamations of territory created by local government reform in the 1970s.^[3][4][5] This being especially true of residents of the parish of Saddleworth.^[3] The Oldham brorough is undergoing a £50,000 rebranding exercise.^[6][5] Officials believe the borough's image is outdated and that "often negative" national media coverage holds back businesses and hampers attempts to attract new investors, visitors and external funding.^[6] There have been calls for the borough to be renamed to a "settlement-neutral" name (such as those of neighbouring districts of Calderdale, Kirklees and Tameside) as part of the rebranding.^[6] However, consultants cited that this idea came from a "vocal minority" wishing to distance themselves from Oldham, and that the borough was likely to keep its name.^[7] Saddleworth is a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham formed by a collection of villages and hamlets amongst the west side of the Pennine hills, in North West England. ... Calderdale is a metropolitan district of the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England, through which the upper part of the Calder flows. ... Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. ... Motto: Industry and Integrity Tameside shown within England Coordinates: , Sovereign state Constituent country Region North West England Ceremonial county Greater Manchester Admin HQ Ashton-under-Lyne Founded 1 April 1974 Government  - Type Metropolitan borough  - Governing body Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council  - Mayor Cllr. ...

Governance

The local authority for the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is the Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. The district was granted Borough status in the United Kingdom on 23 November 1973 by Her Majesty the Queen, which allows the Council to have a Mayor.^[10] Local governments are administrative offices of an area smaller than a state. ... Borough status in the United Kingdom is granted by royal charter to local government districts in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ...

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council Corporate Logo, designed in 1974 by David McRae.^[5]

The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is divided into twenty electoral wards, each which elects three councillors who generally sit for a four year term on the Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council. These democratically elected councillors together form the Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council, a body with direct local administrative responsibilities, equivalent to that of a Unitary Authority. The twenty wards are: A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ...

• Alexandra
• Chadderton Central
• Chadderton North
• Chadderton South
• Coldhurst
• Crompton
• Failsworth East
• Failsworth West
• Hollinwood
• Medlock Vale
• Royton North
• Royton South
• Saddleworth North
• Saddleworth South
• Saddleworth West & Lees
• St James
• St Marys
• Shaw
• Waterhead
• Werneth

Coldhurst is a locality and electoral ward of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... Crompton was an urban district of Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974, when it was merged to form part of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester. ... Failsworth East is an electorial ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. ... Failsworth West is an electorial ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. ... , Hollinwood is a component area and electoral ward of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... Shaw is a small town located about 10 miles north east of Manchester in North West England and according to the 2001 census has population of 21,721. ... , Waterhead (or archaically, Waterhead Mill), is a locality and electoral ward within the east of the town of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... Werneth is an area of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ...

Ethnic Groups^[11]

• White British - 181,000
• White Irish - 1,900
• White Other - 2,400
• South Asian - 28,200
• Black British - 2,000
• Chinese or Other - 1,100
• Mixed: White and Black - 1,700
• Mixed: White and Asian - 800
• Mixed: Other - 400

Coat of arms

Oldham council's coat of arms, seen here in the foyer of the Civic Centre.

The Coat of arms of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council is based closely upon the historic family crest of Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exeter and founder of the Manchester Grammar School. They feature an owl holding a scroll bearing the letters "Dom", making a name-pun "Owl-Dom" typical of the medieval period. The pun reflects the original pronunciation of the name, and is still reflected in the local pronunciation of "Ow'dom". A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... Hugh Oldham was born around 1450 - probably in Oldham, Lancashire, United Kingdom, although some accounts claim he was born in Manchester. ... The Bishop of Exeter is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury. ... The Manchester Grammar School (MGS) is an independent boys school (ages 11-18) in Fallowfield, Manchester, England. ...

The pun is repeated in the town's Latin mottos: the older one reads "Haud (pronounced "owd") Facile Captu" (meaning "Not easily caught"), and the motto Sapere Aude (meaning "Dare to be wise" — the "Aude" also being pronounced "Owd").

Parliamentary representation

The boundaries of three parliamentary constituencies cover the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. These are:

• Oldham East and Saddleworth represented by Phil Woolas MP (which also covers parts of Milnrow in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale)
• Oldham West and Royton represented by Michael Meacher MP.
• Ashton-under-Lyne represented by David Heyes MP (which predominantly covers the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, but also Failsworth of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham).

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Geography

The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale lies to the west, the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees (of West Yorkshire) to the east, and the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside to the south. The City of Manchester lies directly to the south west and the Derbyshire Borough of High Peak lies directly to the south east. The Metropolitan borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. ... Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. ... Coat of Arms of South Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, that has a population of 2. ... Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in north west England. ... Manchester is a city in the North West of England. ... High Peak is a local government district and borough of the county of Derbyshire, England. ...

Parishes

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1. Saddleworth (Saddleworth Urban District)
2. Shaw and Crompton (Crompton Urban District)

Saddleworth is a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham formed by a collection of villages and hamlets amongst the west side of the Pennine hills, in North West England. ... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ... Shaw and Crompton is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... Crompton Urban District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England which covered the modern-day town and civil parish of Shaw and Crompton. ...

Unparished areas

Showing former status.

1. Chadderton (Chadderton Urban District)
2. Failsworth (Failsworth Urban District)
3. Lees (Lees Urban District)
4. Oldham (County Borough of Oldham)
5. Royton (Royton Urban District)

Statistics Population: 33,001 (2001 Census) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD9005 Administration Metropolitan Borough: Oldham Metropolitan county: Greater Manchester Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Greater Manchester Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Greater Manchester Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance... Chadderton was a local government district in Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. ... , Failsworth is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... , Lees is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... Lees (or Lees Urban District) was from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England. ... For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. ... The County Borough of Oldham was, from 1889 to 1974, a local government district centred on Oldham in the northwest of England. ... , Royton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham,[1] in Greater Manchester, England. ... Royton Urban District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the administrative county of Lancashire, England which covered the modern-day town of Royton, and its suburbs and districts. ...

Demography

Further information: Demography of Greater Manchester

The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is the fifth most populous borough of Greater Manchester, and the borough with the highest proportion of people under fifteen years of age.^[12] The demography of Greater Manchester is charactered by a number of trends recorded amongst its multicultural agglomoration of 2. ... UK Census 2001 logo A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which has a population of 2. ...

Almost 12% of people in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham are of South Asian heritage, the highest proportion of a borough of Greater Manchester,^[12]. Map of South Asia South Asia is a subregion of Asia comprising the modern states of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, . It covers about 4,480,000 km², or 10 percent of the continent, and is also known as the Indian subcontinent. ...

The following table outlines the total population of the borough since 1801.

Politics

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council has been criticized in recent years by the independent Audit Commission. In 2005, it was categorized as "weak" but "improving well" by the Audit Commission.^[13] It was awarded only two stars, placing it within the bottom third of councils in the country according to perceived performance.^[14] The Audit Commission is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom which is responsible for auditing local government in England, National Health Service Trusts and other local agencies in England and Wales. ...

According to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council sets the highest council tax rates in Greater Manchester. It has the second highest council tax rates of the metropolitan areas, and is placed as the 16th highest rate of council tax in England.^[15] The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is a department of the British government. ... Tax rates around the world Tax revenue as % of GDP Economic policy Monetary policy Central bank   Money supply Gold standard Fiscal policy Spending   Deficit   Debt Policy-mix Trade policy Tariff   Trade agreement Finance Financial market Financial market participants Corporate   Personal Public   Regulation Banking Fractional-reserve Full-reserve   Free banking Islamic... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England which has a population of 2. ... The six metropolitan counties shown within England The metropolitan counties are a type of county-level subnational entity in current use in England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

In response to these findings, on the 30 March 2006, the Oldham Labour Group of Councillors took out a full page advertisement in the Oldham Advertiser. Among the claims of the advertisement were that they were providing the borough with a "star studded service" despite the fact they were awarded the second worst achievable rating by the commission. Furthermore, they claimed the social services were also "star rated" despite being classified as "weak". Council Leader David Jones was said to be pleased with the Commission's findings and is quoted as saying "It is just the beginning, but it shows we are on the way to being an excellent Council". However, one of the points of the advert was to contrast the position when the Liberal Democrats had control of the Council in 2002. Then the Audit Commission reported the council was "very weak" and in 2002 the Liberal Democrats raised Oldham's council tax by 12.3%. is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. ... The Oldham Advertiser is a weekly newspaper which serves the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. ...

In 2007 it was recorded to be the second worst performing local authority in England for providing customer satisfaction.^[16] Compared across Greater Manchester, the borough council was last for overall satisfaction and cleanliness, second worst for complaints, and third from last for recycling and waste collection.

Education

For schools within the main settlement, see Oldham.

For a list of Infant and Junior Schools in the borough see List of schools in Greater Manchester

There are around 161 schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham.^[12] Overall, Oldham was ranked 90th out of the all the Local Education Authoritys in SATs performance and 8th in Greater Manchester in 2006.^[17] In 2007, the Oldham LEA was ranked 122nd out of 148 in the country—and 8th in Greater Manchester—based on the percentage of pupils attaining at least 5 A*-C grades at GCSE including maths and English (35.4% compared with the national average of 45.8%).^[18] Schools in the borough of Oldham include: For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. ... The following is a partial list of active schools in Greater Manchester, England. ... A Local Education Authority (LEA) is the part of a council in England or Wales that is responsible for education within that councils jurisdiction. ...

Secondary

The Blue Coat School, Oldham is a mixed gender voluntary aided Church of England secondary school and sixth form for 11 - 18 year olds, located in the town of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. ... For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. ... Breeze Hill School is a mixed gender comprehensive secondary school for 11 - 16 year olds in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. ... Counthill School is a mixed gender secondary school for 11 - 16 year olds in the Moorside area of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. ... Crompton House Church of England High School[1] is a mixed gender voluntary aided Church of England secondary school and sixth form for 11 - 18 year olds, located in the High Crompton area of Shaw and Crompton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. ... , High Crompton is a locality in the west of the Shaw and Crompton parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... Shaw and Crompton is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... , Failsworth is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... Grange School is a mixed gender comprehensive secondary school for 11 - 16 year olds in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. ... Hulme Grammar School (SD 919036) is a school situated on and around Chamber Road, about three-quarters of a mile south of the centre of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, between Frederick Street and Windsor Road. ... Kaskenmoor School is a mixed gender comprehensive secondary school for 11 - 16 year olds in the Hollinwood area of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. ... , Hollinwood is a component area and electoral ward of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ... Statistics Population: 33,001 (2001 Census) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD9005 Administration Metropolitan Borough: Oldham Metropolitan county: Greater Manchester Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Greater Manchester Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Greater Manchester Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance... The Our Ladys R.C high school, Royton logo and school badge Our Ladys R.C. High School is a mixed gender Roman Catholic high school and sixth form for 11 - 18 year olds, located in Royton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester in the North... , Royton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham,[1] in Greater Manchester, England. ... Royton and Crompton School is a coeducational, purpose built, secondary comprehensive school for 11 - 16 year olds in Royton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. ... Saddleworth School is a mixed-sex secondary school for 11 - 16 year olds and is located in Uppermill, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, England. ... Uppermill is the largest commercial village in the Saddleworth region in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. ... Saddleworth is a civil parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham formed by a collection of villages and hamlets amongst the west side of the Pennine hills, in North West England. ... South Chadderton School is situated in Chadderton and it is a co-educational school that caters for children of all abilities; from those who go on to university and college and those who find learning challenging. ... Saint Augustine of Canterbury RC High School is a mixed gender Catholic Secondary School in Oldham, Greater Manchester. ... Werneth is an area of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... The Hathershaw College is a mixed gender comprehensive secondary school for 11 - 16 year olds in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. ... , Hathershaw is a locality within the town of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... The Radclyffe School is secondary modern located in the district of Chadderton in the borough of Oldham not far from Greater Manchester. ...

Special Needs Schools

• Kingfisher Community Special School (Chadderton) [1]
• New Bridge Learning Centre (Oldham)
• New Bridge School (Hollinwood) [2]
• Spring Brook (Fitton Hill)

Further and Higher education

• Oldham Sixth Form College [3]
• The Oldham College [4]
• University Centre Oldham (Part of the University of Huddersfield) [5]

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Oldham College, is a government funded further education college in the town centre of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. ... University Centre Oldham is a centre of Higher education in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. ...

Places of interest

In 2001, there were 8 Grade II* listed buildings, and 521 Grade II in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, and thirty-six Conservation Areas.^[19] Although the borough has no Grade I listed buildings, it does have the second highest number of Grade II buildings in Greater Manchester behind Manchester.^[20] The listed buildings range from former weaver's cottages in Saddleworth to some of the large former cotton mills in the West of the borough through to fine civic buildings such as the Old Town Hall in Oldham town centre. The Forth Bridge, designed by Sir Benjamin Baker and Sir John Fowler, opened in 1890, and now owned by Network Rail, is designated as a Category A listed building by Historic Scotland. ...

Also in the borough are five of Greater Manchester's Sites of Special Scientific Interest, they are a section of Dark Peak,^[21] the Ladcastle and Den Quarries,^[22] the Lowside Brickworks,^[23] the Rochdale Canal,^[24] and part of the South Pennine Moors.^[25] Huddersfield Narrow Canal at Marsden. ... The Dark Peak is the higher, northern part of the Peak District in England. ... Uppermill is the largest commercial village in the Saddleworth region in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. ... A Lock on the Rochdale Canal with water flowing over the gate due to the lack of a side channel. ...

Transport

There are three railway lines that serve places in the Oldham borough; one is the main line service running between Huddersfield and Manchester, with Greenfield railway station the only station served by this line in the borough. The Huddersfield Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England: it is one of the busiest on the Metro network. ... Greenfield railway station serves Greenfield, Greater Manchester. ...

The other two lines form the Manchester to Rochdale via Oldham Line service. One line is the main line service running between Bradford and Manchester via Halifax and Rochdale, with Mills Hill railway station the only station in Oldham served. The other line is the Rochdale/Shaw to Manchester Victoria services via Oldham Mumps. The express route serves Shaw and Crompton railway station and Oldham Mumps railway station, while the slower service serves Shaw and Crompton, Derker, Oldham Mumps, Oldham Werneth, Hollinwood and Failsworth stations. The Manchester to Rochdale via Oldham line or Oldham Loop Line is a local railway route in Greater Manchester, England, used by trains that run from Manchester Victoria to Rochdale and back to Manchester Victoria. ... Mills Hill railway station serves the district of Mills Hill near Chadderton, in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. ... Shaw and Crompton railway station is a moderately served railway station located in Shaw and Crompton, within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. ... Oldham Mumps Railway Station is the main railway station of the town of Oldham. ...

There are many bus services running in the Oldham borough. The main bus operator is First Manchester, whose HQ is based in Oldham at Wallshaw Street, which is located at Oldham Mumps Bridge. First Manchester is one of the bus companies serving the area of Greater Manchester, England. ...

Twin Towns

The Borough of Oldham has formal twinning arrangements with three European places:^[26] Each was originally twinned with a place within the Metropolitan Borough boundaries prior to its creation in 1974. This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

	Country		Place		County / District / Region / State	Originally twinned with	Date
	Germany		Geesthacht		Schleswig-Holstein	Chadderton Urban District	1966
	Slovenia		Kranj		Upper Carniola	County Borough of Oldham	1961
	Germany		Landsberg am Lech		Bavaria	Failsworth Urban District	1974

Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 520 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (534 × 615 pixel, file size: 346 KB, MIME type: image/png) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... , Geesthacht (IPA: ) is the largest city in the District of the Duchy of Lauenburg (Herzogtum Lauenburg) in Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany, 10 km southeast of Hamburg on the banks of the River Elbe. ... Image File history File links Coat_of_arms_of_Schleswig-Holstein. ... Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ... Chadderton was a local government district in Lancashire, England from 1894 to 1974. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia. ... Kranj (German: Krainburg) is the fourth largest city of Slovenia, approximately 20 km north west from Ljubljana with a population of 51,225 (2002). ... Upper Carniola (Slovenian: Gorenjska; German: ) is a traditional region of Slovenia. ... The County Borough of Oldham was, from 1889 to 1974, a local government district centred on Oldham in the northwest of England. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Landsberg am Lech is a town in the southwest of Bavaria, Germany, about 50 kilometers west of Munich and 35 kilometers south of Augsburg. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see Bavaria (disambiguation). ... Failsworth is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. ...

See also

• Oldham Council election 1998
• Oldham local elections

References

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External links

North West England Portal

• Oldham Website operated by the local council.
• Oldham, the profile of the borough based upon the 2001 United Kingdom Census.

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