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 251,915 in 2025, making it the sixth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester.
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  • Metropolitan borough with 252,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 741 feet (226 metres)
  • …is also known as “Metropolitan Borough of Oldham”
  • …is abbreviated as “OLD”
  • Description: metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England
  • Neighbors:
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Boundary Park and Gallery Oldham.
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is a football stadium in , , England.
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is a public in , Greater Manchester, England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oldham and Tameside.
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Oldham

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Latitude
53.55° or 53° 33′ north
Longitude
-2.0833° or 2° 5′ west
Open location code
9C5VHW28+2M
Geo­Names ID
3333179
Wiki­data ID
Q1278608

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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: “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)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Oldham”
  • 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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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Derker tram stop and Oldham Mumps railway station.

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