Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.615°N -2.085°W |
Official Name: | Tunshill |
Metropolitan Borough: | Rochdale |
Metropolitan County: | Greater Manchester |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Oldham East and Saddleworth |
Post Town: | ROCHDALE |
Postcode District: | OL16 |
Postcode Area: | OL |
Dial Code: | 01706 |
Os Grid Reference: | SD943132 |
London Distance: | 168miles SSE |
Static Image Name: | Tunshil.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | The M62 motorway bisects Tunshill |
Tunshill is a hamlet at the northeastern edge of Milnrow, within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the Pennines, 3miles east of Rochdale and 5.1miles north-northeast of Oldham.
It includes a golf club and numerous farms.
A small Roman statue of the goddess Victory was discovered at Tunshill Farm in 1793.[1]
In the 1970s, the M62 motorway was built through the area.