Smithy Bridge Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Smithy Bridge
Coordinates:53.632°N -2.109°W
Static Image Name:Smithy Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 373228.jpg
Static Image Caption:Smithy Bridge
Metropolitan Borough:Rochdale
Metropolitan County:Greater Manchester
Region:North West England
Constituency Westminster:Rochdale
Post Town:LITTLEBOROUGH
Postcode District:OL15
Postcode Area:OL
Dial Code:01706
Os Grid Reference:SD927150

Smithy Bridge is a suburb of Littleborough in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Greater Manchester Gazetteer. Greater Manchester County Record Office. 9 July 2007. Places names - S. 18 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718144349/http://www.gmcro.co.uk/Guides/Gazeteer/gazzs.htm.