Furness Avenue/Whitby Avenue

Furness Avenue/Whitby Avenue is a bus stop in Rochdale, England. Furness Avenue/Whitby Avenue is situated nearby to the sports venue Heywood Sports Village, as well as near the forest Gristlehurst Wood.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Michael’s Church, Bamford and Heywood railway station.

Saint Michael’s Church, Bamford

Church

Photo: Anthony Parkes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Saint Michael’s Church, Bamford is situated 2,600 feet northeast of Furness Avenue/Whitby Avenue.

Heywood railway station

Railway station

Photo: Raymond Knapman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Heywood railway station serves the town of Heywood, in Greater Manchester, England. Formerly a stop on the national railway network, it is now the southern terminus of heritage East Lancashire Railway services. Heywood railway station is situated 1 mile southeast of Furness Avenue/Whitby Avenue.

Fairfield General Hospital

Hospital

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fairfield General Hospital is a hospital in Bury, Greater Manchester. It is managed by the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust. Fairfield General Hospital is situated 1¼ miles west of Furness Avenue/Whitby Avenue.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Heywood and Birtle.

Heywood

Town

Photo: The Real Galatas, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Heywood is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, on the south bank of the River Roch, 2 miles east of Bury, 4 miles southwest of Rochdale, and 8 miles north of Manchester. Middleton lies to the south, whilst to the north is the Cheesden Valley, open moorland, and the Pennines.

Birtle

Hamlet

Photo: michael ely, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Birtle is a hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies in the Cheesden Valley, set amongst the Pennines. Historically a part of Lancashire, Birtle is archaically referred to as Bircle or Birkle, which means Birch Hill. Birtle is situated 1½ miles northwest of Furness Avenue/Whitby Avenue.

Norden

Village

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Norden is a village within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire until the local government reorganisation of 1974, it lies on the western outskirts of Rochdale and had a population of 9,733 according to the 2021 census. Norden is situated 2 miles north of Furness Avenue/Whitby Avenue.

Furness Avenue/Whitby Avenue

Type: Bus stop
Category: transportation
Location: Rochdale, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.59953° or 53° 35′ 58″ north

Longitude

-2.22524° or 2° 13′ 31″ west

Network

TfGM

Open location code

9C5VHQXF+RW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 533814563

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=bus_stop

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=platform

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Highlights include Heywood Sports Village and Gristlehurst Wood.

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