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The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is named after its largest town, Oldham. The borough had a population of 243,912 in 2022, making it the sixth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester. [3] The borough spans 142 square kilometres (55 sq mi). [5]
The Coat of Arms of the Oldham County Borough Council, as found at Oldham Police Station. The station predates the merging of Oldham Borough Police into Lancashire Constabulary in 1969, and thus still displays the redundant arms. Prior to 1894, the town council made use of the arms of the Oldham family. The arms were blazoned as:
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In the 2011 United Kingdom census Oldham Built-up area subdivision, as defined by the Office for National Statistics, had a population of 96,555 and an area of 1,687 hectares (6.51 sq mi), giving a population density of 57.2 inhabitants per hectare (14,800/sq mi), [8] while the Borough of Oldham had a population of 224,897, an area of 14,236 ...
Geography of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham (9 C, 29 P) H. ... Pages in category "Metropolitan Borough of Oldham" The following 5 pages are in this category, out ...
Greenfield is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England.It is 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Oldham and 13 miles (21 km) north-east of Manchester.
Saddleworth makes up around 52% 29.4 square miles (76 km 2) of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in terms of area, and remains largely rural. Saddleworth Moor in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park is a moorland plateau that straddles the boundary with West Yorkshire.
The town hall became the headquarters of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in 1974 but, after the council moved to Oldham Civic Centre in 1977, the building stood empty for many years. [6] In October 2009 the Victorian Society declared the Town Hall as the most endangered Victorian structure in England and Wales .