Smithy Bridge

Smithy Bridge

Smithy Bridge
Smithy Bridge
 Smithy Bridge shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid referenceSD927150
Metropolitan boroughRochdale
Metropolitan county Greater Manchester
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town LITTLEBOROUGH
Postcode district OL15
Dialling code 01706
Police Greater Manchester
Fire Greater Manchester
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentRochdale
List of places
UK
England
Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°37′55″N 2°06′32″W / 53.632°N 2.109°W / 53.632; -2.109

Smithy Bridge is a suburb of Littleborough within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. Hollingworth Lake Country Park is close by. It also has a link to the Rochdale Canal and has its own railway station. It was once a route on the packhorse trip through to Yorkshire.

Smithy Bridge was formerly a part of Butterworth.[1]

References

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  1. "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names - S. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 9 July 2007.


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