Mossley

Mossley
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Mossley is located in Greater Manchester
Mossley
Mossley
Location within Greater Manchester
Population11,557 (Parish, 2021)[1]
11,410 (Built up area, 2021)[2]
OS grid referenceSD9702
Civil parish
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townASHTON-UNDER-LYNE
Postcode districtOL5
Dialling code01457
PoliceGreater Manchester
FireGreater Manchester
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
Websitewww.mossley-council.co.uk
List of places
UK
England
Greater Manchester
53°30′53″N 2°02′19″W / 53.5147°N 2.0387°W / 53.5147; -2.0387

Mossley (/ˈmɒzli/) is a town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England,[4] in the upper Tame Valley and the foothills of the Pennines, 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Oldham and 9 miles (14.5 km) east of Manchester.

The town grew up straddling the three historic counties of Lancashire, Cheshire and Yorkshire. It was placed entirely in Lancashire in 1889, and became part of Greater Manchester in 1974. At the 2021 census, the built-up area had a population of 11,410 and the parish population was 11,557.

  1. ^ "Mossley parish". City Population. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  2. ^ "Towns and cities, characteristics of built-up areas, England and Wales: Census 2021". Census 2021. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Mossley Town Council : Homepage". Mossley-council.co.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Greater Manchester Gazetteer". Greater Manchester County Record Office. Places names - M to N. Archived from the original (http) on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2008.

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