Moorside
Moorside is a suburb of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It is located in the north east of the township in a semi-rural locality bordering Saddleworth, contiguous with Sholver which lies to the west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: suburb of Oldham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Moorside, Greater Manchester” and “Moorside, Oldham”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of the Holy Trinity and Brushes Clough Reservoir.
Brushes Clough Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: P.hogg, Public domain.
Brushes Clough Reservoir is on Crompton Moor in Shaw and Crompton, Greater Manchester, England. It was created in the 19th century by the damming of Leornardin Brook.
Waterhead Academy
School
Waterhead Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status located in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. The academy was taken out of special measures in June 2016 and was one of the most improved academies in the country in 2016.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shaw and Scouthead.
Shaw
Town
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shaw is a ward and part of the built-up area in the civil parish of Shaw and Crompton, in the Oldham district, in the county of Greater Manchester, England.
Scouthead
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scouthead is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It is traversed by the A62 road, and occupies a hillside amongst the Pennines.
Austerlands
Suburb
Austerlands is a suburban area of Saddleworth, a civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It occupies a hillside amongst the Pennines, between the villages of Lees and Scouthead.
Moorside
- Category: locality
- Location: Oldham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.56529° or 53° 33′ 55″ northLongitude
-2.06891° or 2° 4′ 8″ westElevation
1,030 feet (314 metres)Open location code
9C5VHW8J+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 29884447OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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