Shaw and Crompton

Shaw and Crompton is a civil parish in the , , England, and lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines.
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  • Type: Locality with 20,400 residents
  • Description: civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England
  • Also known as: “Shaw and Crompton, Greater Manchester” and “Shaw and Crompton, Oldham”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brushes Clough Reservoir and Church of St James.

Reservoir
Photo: P.hogg, Public domain.
is on Crompton Moor in Shaw and Crompton, , . It was created in the 19th century by the damming of Leornardin Brook.

Church
Photo: Jza84, Public domain.

Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oldham and Rochdale.

Photo: Parrot of Doom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 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, Littleborough and Heywood that together comprise Metropolitan Borough.

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. is situated 4 miles south of Shaw and Crompton.

Shaw and Crompton

Latitude
53.5828° or 53° 34′ 58″ north
Longitude
-2.0885° or 2° 5′ 19″ west
Population
20,400
Elevation
577 feet (176 metres)
Open location code
9C5VHWM6+4J
Geo­Names ID
7290944
Wiki­data ID
Q1474774
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Shaw and Crompton” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “শাঁ”
  • Cebuano: “Shaw and Crompton”
  • Chinese: “肖-克朗普頓”
  • Chinese: “肖-克朗普顿”
  • Chinese: “肖和克伦普顿”
  • Chinese: “肖和克倫普頓”
  • Dutch: “Shaw and Crompton”
  • French: “Shaw and Crompton”
  • German: “Shaw and Crompton”
  • Gujarati: “શો અને ક્રોમ્પટન”
  • Hebrew: “שואו אנד קרומפטון”
  • Irish: “Shaw agus Crompton”
  • Italian: “Shaw and Crompton”
  • Japanese: “ールダム、ショーとクロンプトン”
  • Japanese: “ショー”
  • Japanese: “広域マンチェスター、ショーとクロンプトン”
  • Kannada: “ಶಾ ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ರಾಂಪ್ಟನ್”
  • Korean: “샤우 앤드 크럼프턴”
  • Ladin: “Shaw and Crompton”
  • Lithuanian: “Sau”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shaw and Crompton”
  • Persian: “شاو اند کرامپتون”
  • Polish: “Shaw and Crompton”
  • Portuguese: “Shaw and Crompton”
  • Russian: “Шо и Кромптон”
  • Spanish: “Shaw y Crompton”
  • Swedish: “Shaw and Crompton”
  • Tamil: “ஷாவ் அண்ட் கிராம்ப்டன்”
  • Telugu: “షా అండ్ క్రాంప్టన్”
  • Turkish: “Shaw and Crompton”
  • Urdu: “شاو اینڈ کرومپٹن”
  • “Shaw and Crompton”

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