Oldham

Worth seeing in and around Oldham

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Boundary Park

   Boundary Park is a football stadium in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Its name originates from the fact that it lies at the northwestern extremity of Oldham, with Royton and Chadderton lying immediately north and west respectively.

   1.5 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Broadhurst Park

   Broadhurst Park is a football ground in Moston, Manchester, England. It is the home of F.C. United of Manchester and Moston Juniors F.C. The ground was known by its project name, Moston Community Stadium, before being changed at a members' meeting in 2014.

   5.2 km · football ground in Manchester, England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Gallery Oldham

   Gallery Oldham is a free-to-view public museum and art gallery in the Cultural Quarter of central Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England.

   700 m · art gallery in Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Hartshead Pike

   Hartshead Pike is a hill in Tameside in Greater Manchester, England, and its name is associated with the monument on its summit. It overlooks Ashton-under-Lyne, Mossley, Saddleworth, Lees and Oldham.

   4.7 km · mountain in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St Wilfrid and St Ann's Church, Newton Heath

   St Wilfrid and St Ann's Church is in Oldham Road, Newton Heath, Greater Manchester, England. It is a redundant Anglican parish church, which is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

   5.5 km · church in Manchester, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Fairbottom Branch Canal

   The Fairbottom Branch Canal was a canal near Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester, England.

   4.3 km · canal in the UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St. Matthew's Church, Chadderton

   The Parish Church of St. Matthew is the Church of England parish church for Chadderton in Greater Manchester, England.

   2.7 km · grade II listed church in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Parish Church of St Mary with St Peter, Oldham

   The Church of St Mary with St Peter, commonly known as Oldham Parish Church, is the Church of England parish church of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. It forms part of the Diocese of Manchester, and is a grade II* listed building.

   400 m · church in Oldham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Patrick Church, Oldham

   Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Patrick Church or St Patrick's Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It was founded in 1858 and was built in 1870.

   600 m · catholic church in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    St James' Church, Oldham

    St James' Church is in Barry Street, Greenacres Moor, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Oldham East, the archdeaconry of Rochdale, and the diocese of Manchester.

    1.4 km · grade II listed church in Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

Oldham Owls are the sculpture in Parliament Square. "Owls, Owldham", geddit? Gallery Oldham, 35 Greaves St OL1 1AL,. Tu-Sa 10AM-5PM. Art gallery plus museum. Free.

1. 01
   Alexandra Park
2. 02
   Daisy Nook Country Park

   Stannybrook Rd, Failsworth (Bus 230 / 231).

3. 03
   Saddleworth Museum and Art Gallery

   High St, Uppermill OL3 6HS (Bus 84 / 184),.

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Things to do

1. 01
   Oldham Coliseum

   Theatre with a full programme of repertory and an annual pantomime.

2. 02
   Oldham Athletic

   "The Latics" play soccer in League Two, the fourth tier.

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Where to eat

Valentino's, 8 Retiro Street OL1 1SA,. W, Th & Sa 5:30-10PM, F 11:30AM-2PM, 5:30-11PM, Su 2-9PM. Cosy place for Neapolitan fare. Molino Lounge in the former Town Hall is open Su-Th 9AM-10PM, F Sa 9AM-11PM. Café East is Indian, at

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Getting to Oldham

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 24 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 47 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 54 km

Stations

Mossley railway station, 5.9 km · Mills Hill railway station, 3.7 km · Moston railway station, 4.3 km · Hollinwood tram stop, 3.3 km · Oldham Mumps tram stop, 900 m

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Oldham

  47 km · quickest by road, 1h 3m · £5–7
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• Liverpool → Oldham

  59 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · £6–8
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Oldham

  92 km · quickest by road, 2h 39m · £11–15
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Oldham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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