Source of the River Irk
Source of the River Irk is a spring in Shaw and Crompton, Oldham, England. Source of the River Irk is situated nearby to Crompton & Royton Golf Course, as well as near Crompton Primary School.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royton Town Hall and Holy Trinity Church.
Royton Town Hall
Town hall
Royton Town Hall is a municipal building in Rochdale Road, Royton, Greater Manchester, England. The town hall was the headquarters of Royton Urban District Council. Royton Town Hall is situated 3,600 feet southwest of Source of the River Irk.
Holy Trinity Church
Church
Photo: Rept0n1x, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holy Trinity Church is situated 3,000 feet east of Source of the River Irk.
Crompton House Church of England Academy
School
Crompton House CE School is a coeducational Church of England secondary school and sixth form located in the High Crompton area of Shaw and Crompton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Crompton House Church of England Academy is situated 3,100 feet northeast of Source of the River Irk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Royton and Shaw.
Royton
Town
Royton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 21,284 in 2011. Close to the source of the River Irk, near undulating land at the foothills of the South Pennines, it is 2 miles northwest of Oldham, 3 miles southeast of Rochdale and 8 miles northeast of Manchester.
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.
Coldhurst
Suburb
Coldhurst is an area of Oldham and an electoral ward of the wider Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. At the time of the United Kingdom Census 2001, it had a population of 11,935, increasing to 13,201 at the 2011 Census. Coldhurst is situated 2 miles south of Source of the River Irk.
Source of the River Irk
- Type: Spring
- Category: body of water
- Location: Shaw and Crompton, Oldham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.57455° or 53° 34′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.11318° or 2° 6′ 47″ westOpen location code
9C5VHVFP+RPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1802845044OpenStreetMap feature
natural=spring
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