Oldham

The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a metropolitan borough of in England. It is named after its largest town, . The borough had a population of 251,560 in 2024, making it the sixth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester.
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  • Type: metropolitan borough with 252,000 residents
  • Description: metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England
  • Also known as: “Metropolitan Borough of Oldham”
  • Neighbors:
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Boundary Park and Gallery Oldham.

Stadium
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is a football stadium in , , England. Its name originates from the fact that it lies at the northwestern extremity of Oldham, with and lying immediately north and west respectively.

Art gallery
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is a free-to-view public museum and art gallery in the Cultural Quarter of central , in , England.

Park
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is a public in , Greater Manchester, England. It was created in response to the Lancashire Cotton Famine of 1861–1865 as an attempt to keep local textile workers employed.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oldham and Tameside.

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is a former textile town in , 7 miles northeast of city centre in the foothills of the Pennines. The main reason to visit is to explore the villages and valleys leading into the Pennines. In 2024 the population was 205,500.

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is a conurbation on the east side of , with Ashton-under-Lyne its main town. Its visitor attractions reflect its role as a junction of the canal network, which revolutionised industry and transport in the 19th century.

Suburb
is a locality and urban/suburban area the town of , in , . It is located to the south of Oldham town centre and is contiguous with other areas of Oldham including , , Hollins, and Primrose Bank.

Oldham

Latitude
53.55° or 53° 33′ north
Longitude
-2.0833° or 2° 5′ west
Population
252,000
Elevation
741 feet (226 metres)
Abbreviation
“OLD”
Open location code
9C5VHW28+2M
Geo­Names ID
3333179
Wiki­data ID
Q1278608
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Welsh—“Oldham” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Олдэм”
  • Breton: “Oldham”
  • Bulgarian: “Олдъм”
  • Catalan: “Oldham”
  • Cebuano: “Borough of Oldham”
  • Chinese: “Oldham”
  • Chinese: “奧爾德姆都市自治市”
  • Dutch: “Oldham”
  • French: “District métropolitain d’Oldham”
  • French: “district métropolitain de Oldham”
  • German: “Metropolitan Borough of Oldham”
  • Irish: “Oldham”
  • Italian: “Borgo metropolitano di Oldham”
  • Italian: “Metropolitan Borough of Oldham”
  • Japanese: “オールダム大都市圏特別区”
  • Japanese: “メトロポリタン・バラ・オブ・オールダム”
  • Korean: “올덤 도시 자치구”
  • Latvian: “Oldema (boro)”
  • Latvian: “Oldema”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Oldham (koān)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Metropolitan Borough of Oldham”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Oldham”
  • Norwegian: “Oldham”
  • Persian: “کلان‌شهر مستقل اولدهام”
  • Polish: “Metropolitan Borough of Oldham”
  • Russian: “Олдем”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Oldham”
  • Slovenian: “Oldham”
  • Spanish: “distrito metropolitano de Oldham”
  • Spanish: “Distrito metropolitano de Oldham”
  • Swedish: “Metropolitan Borough of Oldham”
  • Swedish: “Oldham”
  • Turkish: “Oldham Metropoliten Borough”
  • Ukrainian: “Олдем”
  • Urdu: “میٹروپولیٹن بورو اولڈھم”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Fetropolitan Oldham”

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