Greengate, Greater Manchester

Greengate, looking north from the Chadderton boundary

Greengate
Greengate  Greengate shown within Greater Manchester
Metropolitan borough	Oldham
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MANCHESTER
Postcode district	M24
Dialling code	0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Oldham West and Royton
List of places UK England Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°31′58″N 2°10′30″W / 53.532809°N 2.1749522°W

Greengate is an industrial district in the town of Chadderton in Greater Manchester.

It is located in the south west of Chadderton, close to the town's common borders with Middleton to the west and Moston in the City of Manchester which lies to the south.

For postal purposes Greengate lies in the Manchester postal district (M24, Middleton), though it remains a part of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham in the ward of Chadderton Central.^[1][2]

British aircraft manufacturer Avro, later BAE Chadderton, built a factory at Greengate in 1938–39. It was one of the largest employers in the area.^[3]

Transport

Stagecoach Manchester provides the following bus services along Greengate -

112/113 - to Middleton via Middleton Junction and to Manchester City Centre via Moston and Collyhurst.

114 - to Middleton via Alkrington and Manchester City Centre via Moston and Collyhurst.

294 offers two early morning one way services to the Trafford Centre via Moston, Cheetham Hill and Salford Quays.

Manchester Community Transport operates service 159 to Middleton via Middleton Junction and Tonge and to Oldham via New Moston, Failsworth and Chadderton.^[4]

BAE Systems Chadderton Factory at Greengate

References

1. "Chadderton Central ward :: Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council". Openly Local. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
2. "Chadderton,the town and its people". Chadderton-hs.freeuk.com. Retrieved 2013-06-29.
3. P.8 Lawson, Michael; Johnson, Mark (1997), Images of England: Chadderton, Tempus, ISBN 0-7524-0714-7
4. http://www.traveline-northwest.co.uk/cms/content/welcome.xhtml