Rochdale

Rochdale 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 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Spotland Stadium and Rochdale railway station.

Stadium
, known as the Crown Oil Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose sports stadium in the Spotland district of Rochdale, , England, which is home to Rochdale Association Football Club and the Rochdale Hornets Rugby League Football Club.

Railway station
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is a multi-modal transport hub in Rochdale, , England. It consists of a Northern-operated heavy rail station on the Caldervale Line, and an adjoining light rail stop on Metrolink's Oldham and Rochdale Line.

Town hall
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is a Victorian-era municipal building in Rochdale, , England. It is "widely recognised as being one of the finest municipal buildings in the country", and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Milnrow and Norden.

Town
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is a town within the , in , England. It lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines, and forms a continuous urban area with Rochdale.

Village
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is a village within the , Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of 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. is situated 2½ miles west of Rochdale.

Village
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is a village near within the , in , England. It lies amongst the foothills of the South Pennines, 1.8 miles east-southeast of , 2.5 miles north-northwest of Rochdale and 12 miles north-northeast of the city of . is situated 2½ miles northeast of Rochdale.

Rochdale

Latitude
53.6154° or 53° 36′ 55″ north
Longitude
-2.1558° or 2° 9′ 21″ west
Population
111,000
Elevation
417 feet (127 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB ROL
Open location code
9C5VJR8V+4M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27329903
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2639272
Wiki­data ID
Q474605
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Rochdale” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “روتشديل”
  • Armenian: “Ռոչդեյլ”
  • Asturian: “Rochdale”
  • Basque: “Rochdale”
  • Belarusian: “Рочдэйл”
  • Bengali: “কেন্দ্রিয় রোচডেল”
  • Bulgarian: “Рочдейл”
  • Catalan: “Rochdale”
  • Cebuano: “Rochdale”
  • Chinese: “罗奇代尔”
  • Chinese: “羅奇代爾”
  • Czech: “Rochdale”
  • Danish: “Rochdale”
  • Dutch: “Rochdale”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “روتشديل”
  • Esperanto: “Rochdale”
  • French: “Rochdale”
  • Galician: “Rochdale”
  • German: “Rochdale”
  • Greek: “Ρότσντεϊλ”
  • Gujarati: “રોચડેલ”
  • Hebrew: “רוצ’דייל”
  • Hungarian: “Rochdale”
  • Icelandic: “Rochdale”
  • Irish: “Rochdale”
  • Italian: “Rochdale”
  • Japanese: “ロッチデール”
  • Japanese: “ロッチデイル”
  • Kannada: “ರೋಕ್ಡೇಲ್”
  • Korean: “로치데일”
  • Ladin: “Rochdale”
  • Latvian: “Ročdeila”
  • Lithuanian: “Ročdeilis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Rochdale”
  • Moksha: “Рочдэйл”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rochdale”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Rochdale”
  • Norwegian: “Rochdale”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Recedham”
  • Persian: “راچدیل”
  • Persian: “روچدیل”
  • Polish: “Rochdale”
  • Portuguese: “Rochdale”
  • Romanian: “Rochdale”
  • Russian: “Рочдейл”
  • Scots: “Rochdale”
  • Serbian: “Рочдејл”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rochdale”
  • Silesian: “Rochdale”
  • Slovak: “Rochdale”
  • South Azerbaijani: “روچدیل”
  • Spanish: “Rochdale”
  • Swedish: “Rochdale”
  • Tamil: “ரோச்டாலே”
  • Tatar: “Рочдейл”
  • Telugu: “రోచ్డేల్”
  • Turkish: “Rochdale”
  • Ukrainian: “Рочдейл”
  • Urdu: “راچڈیل”
  • Urdu: “روچڈیل”
  • Welsh: “Rochdale”
  • “Rochdale”

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