Wardle

Wardle is a village near within the , in , England. It lies amongst the foothills of the South Pennines, 1.8 miles east-southeast of , 2.5 miles north-northwest of and 12 miles north-northeast of the city of .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 7,250 residents
  • Description: village in Greater Manchester, UK
  • Also known as: “Wardle, Greater Manchester”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wardle Library and Watergrove Reservoir.

Library
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Reservoir
Photo: P.hogg, Public domain.
is a reservoir close to Wardle in the , within , 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 .

School
is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Wardle, Greater Manchester, . It was founded in September 1977.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Smithy Bridge and Littleborough.

Village
Photo: Paul Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of in the , , England. Country Park is close by.

Town
Photo: Kram4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rochdale is a town in in northwest England, 12 miles north of Manchester city centre. In 2021 it had a population of 111,000, with a similar number in the nearby small towns of Middleton, Milnrow, Wardle, and Heywood that together comprise Rochdale Metropolitan Borough. is situated 1½ miles east of Wardle.

Suburb
is an area within , in , England. It lies at the confluence of the River Beal and , 1.3 miles east-northeast of Rochdale's town centre. is situated 2 miles south of Wardle.

Wardle

Latitude
53.64896° or 53° 38′ 56″ north
Longitude
-2.1295° or 2° 7′ 46″ west
Population
7,250
Elevation
656 feet (200 metres)
United Nations Location Codes
GB WRE and GB JWD
Open location code
9C5VJVXC+H6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29884332
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2634782
Wiki­data ID
Q666517
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Wardle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Wardle (Manchester Handia)”
  • Basque: “Wardle”
  • Bengali: “ওয়ার্ডলে”
  • Cebuano: “Wardle”
  • Chinese: “瓦杜”
  • Dutch: “Wardle, Greater Manchester”
  • French: “Wardle”
  • German: “Wardle”
  • Gujarati: “વાર્ડેલ”
  • Irish: “Wardle”
  • Japanese: “ワードル”
  • Kannada: “ವಾರ್ಡ್ಲೆ”
  • Korean: “워들, 그레이터 맨체스터”
  • Korean: “워들”
  • Lithuanian: “Vordlis”
  • Persian: “وارد، گریتر منچستر”
  • Persian: “وارد”
  • Polish: “Wardle”
  • Portuguese: “Wardle”
  • Russian: “Уордл”
  • Spanish: “Wardle”
  • Swedish: “Wardle, Greater Manchester”
  • Swedish: “Wardle”
  • Tamil: “வார்டலே”
  • Telugu: “వార్డ్లే”
  • Urdu: “واردلی”
  • Welsh: “Wardle, Manceinion Fwyaf”
  • Welsh: “Wardle”

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