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Shaw

Shaw is a ward and part of the built-up area in the civil parish of , in the district, in the county of , England.
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  • Type: Town with 10,000 residents
  • Description: town in Shaw and Crompton, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England
  • Also known as: “Shaw, Greater Manchester”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St James and Holy Trinity Church.

Church
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Church
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Building
was a warehouse distribution centre located in , a town in , England. It was the main distribution and order processing centre for British retailer The Very Group who used it to store "over…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Royton and Newhey.

Town
is a town in the , , England, with a population of 21,284 in 2011. Close to the source of the , near undulating land at the foothills of the South Pennines, it is 2 miles northwest of , 3 miles southeast of and 8 miles northeast of . is situated 1½ miles southwest of Shaw.

Village
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is a village in the town of in the , in , England. It lies at the foot of the South Pennines, by Junction 21 of the M62 motorway and on the River Beal, 3 miles east-southeast of , 10 miles northeast of . is situated 1½ miles north of Shaw.

Town
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is a town within the , in , England. It lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines, and forms a continuous urban area with . is situated 2 miles north of Shaw.

Shaw

Latitude
53.57823° or 53° 34′ 42″ north
Longitude
-2.0935° or 2° 5′ 37″ west
Population
10,000
Elevation
804 feet (245 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB SHW
Open location code
9C5VHWH4+7J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27329900
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2638113
Wiki­data ID
Q19799989
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Shaw” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Shaw”
  • Dutch: “Shaw, Greater Manchester”
  • Dutch: “Shaw”
  • Polish: “Shaw”
  • Spanish: “Shaw”
  • Swedish: “Shaw (ort i Storbritannien)”
  • Swedish: “Shaw, Greater Manchester”
  • Swedish: “Shaw”
  • Welsh: “Shaw, Manceinion Fwyaf”
  • Welsh: “Shaw”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dovetales Christian Centre and Shaw Post Office.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shaw”. Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 2.0.