Austerlands

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.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of the Holy Trinity and Church of St Thomas.

Church of St Thomas

Church

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The Church of St Thomas is an Anglican parish church on West Street in Lees, a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.

Waterhead Academy was 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 Springhead and Scouthead.

Springhead

Suburb

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Springhead is a suburban area in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England.

Scouthead

Village

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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.

Waterhead

Suburb

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Waterhead, is an area of Oldham, and an electoral ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, an upland area in the Pennines, the ward of Waterhead has population of 12,876, decreasing to 12,029 at the 2011 Census.

Austerlands

Type: Suburb
Description: suburb of Saddleworth, Greater Manchester, England
Category: locality
Location: Saddleworth, Oldham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.54533° or 53° 32′ 43″ north

Longitude

-2.06122° or 2° 3′ 40″ west

Elevation

863 feet (263 metres)

Open location code

9C5VGWWQ+4G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 30009197

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

13270030

Wikidata ID

Q4822908

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In Other Languages

“Austerlands” goes by many names.

Scots: “Austerlands”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Top o‘ th’ Meadows and Hey.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Knowsley Junior School and Austerlands Cricket Club.

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