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Oldham
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Oldham is best known as a former world-leading cotton-spinning town, for its Pennine setting and its Metrolink links to Manchester.
Postcode districts: OL1, OL2, OL4
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Oldham rose during the Industrial Revolution to become one of the most productive cotton-spinning towns in the world, its skyline once crowded with mills. Perched on the Pennine hills on the eastern edge of Greater Manchester, it was a boom town of the 19th century. Winston Churchill began his parliamentary career as an MP for Oldham. Today the Metrolink tram connects it directly to Manchester, and its affordable housing supports a steady rental market.
Source notes: Summarised from Wikipedia ("Oldham", Wikidata Q662041 region; Q659803) and Oldham Council / Gallery Oldham information.
Page prepared 2026-11-07. Figures come from the official sources named on each card; where we don't have reliable data we say so.