Smithy Bridge

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

Places of Interest

Highlights include Smithy Bridge railway station and Hollingworth Lake.

Railway station
Photo: P.hogg, Public domain.
serves the village of Smithy Bridge and near in , . The station is on the Caldervale Line 12+3⁄4 miles north of Manchester Victoria on the way to .

Lake
Photo: Carelesshx, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 130-acre reservoir at Smithy Bridge in , , England. It was originally built as the main water source for the , but developed as a tourist resort from the 1860s.

Railway station
Photo: DS Pugh, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of in the , , . It lies on the Calder Valley line 13¾ miles north of Manchester Victoria towards Halifax, and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Littleborough and Belfield.

Town
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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.

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.

Village
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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 .

Smithy Bridge

Latitude
53.63146° or 53° 37′ 53″ north
Longitude
-2.1088° or 2° 6′ 32″ west
Elevation
466 feet (142 metres)
Open location code
9C5VJVJR+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29884339
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2637603
Wiki­data ID
Q7545694
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Smithy Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Smithy Bridge”
  • French: “Smithy Bridge”
  • Irish: “Smithy Bridge”
  • Polish: “Smithy Bridge”
  • Welsh: “Smithy Bridge”

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