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District métropolitain d'Oldham
Le district métropolitain d'Oldham (en anglais : Metropolitan Borough of Oldham) est un district métropolitain du Grand Manchester, en Angleterre. Sa population est de 224 900 habitants pour une superficie de 142 km2. Il porte le nom de sa principale ville, Oldham, et son territoire inclut les villes de Chadderton, Failsworth, Royton and Shaw et Crompton, le village de Lees et la paroisse civile de Saddleworth. Le district a été créé en 1974 par le Local Government Act 1972. Il est issu de la fusion du county borough d'Oldham avec les districts urbains de Chadderton, Crompton, Lees et Royton, auparavant dans le Lancashire, et le district urbain de Saddleworth, auparavant dans le Yorkshire de l'Ouest.
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Oldham
Oldham is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Rochdale, and 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, which had a population of 242,003 in 2021.
Within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire, and with little early history to speak of, Oldham rose to prominence in the 19th century as an international centre of textile manufacture. It was a boomtown of the Industrial Revolution, and among the first ever industrialised towns, rapidly becoming "one of the most important centres of cotton and textile industries in England." At its zenith, it was the most productive cotton spinning mill town in the world, producing more cotton than France and Germany combined. Oldham's textile industry fell into decline in the mid-20th century; the town's last mill closed in 1998.
The demise of textile processing in Oldham depressed and heavily affected the local economy. The town centre is the focus of a project that aims to transform Oldham into a centre for further education and the performing arts. It is, however, still distinguished architecturally by the surviving cotton mills and other buildings associated with that industry.
In the 2021 United Kingdom census Oldham built-up area subdivision, as defined by the Office for National Statistics, had a population of 110,718 and an area of 1,639 hectares (6.33 sq mi), giving a population density of 6,757 inhabitants per hectare (1,750,000/sq mi), while the Borough of Oldham had a population of 242,003, an area of 1,424 hectares (5.50 sq mi), and a population density of 1,729 inhabitants per hectare (448,000/sq mi).
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Oldham College
Oldham College, is a further education college based in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.
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Oldham bus station
Oldham bus station is a bus station located in the town of Oldham in Greater Manchester. The bus station is found on Cheapside at the junction of West Street. The bus station opened in January 2001 and replaced the previous bus station at Town Square and the bus stops on Cheapside and West Street. The bus station is run by Transport for Greater Manchester.
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The Revolution (radio station)
Revolution 96.2 was an Independent Local Radio station serving the Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside areas of Greater Manchester.
Following its sale to Bauer Media Audio UK, the station was closed and merged with the Greatest Hits Radio network in November 2020.
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Greater Manchester University Technical College
The Greater Manchester University Technical College, branded as "The GM", was a University Technical College in Oldham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom. The college specialised in sustainable and civil engineering and opened in September 2014. Owing to low pupil numbers and poor pupil attainment, the college closed less than three years later at the end of the 2016–17 academic year.