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Looking east up the A669 Oldham Road at Grotton, near Oldham. Off to the left once stood Grotton Lido, believed to have been the biggest open-air pool in the country at the time.
©Martin Clark
Dist:0.2km<br/>The Congregational Church on Radcliffe Street at Springhead was founded in 1807.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.2km<br/>Stone Breaks Road is actually a track towards Stone Breaks from the end of Radcliffe Street.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.2km<br/>Some time in the past these old stone houses on Shaw Street have had three stone buttresses attached to the side wall to prevent the gable end from slipping.
©Paul Anderson
Dist:0.3km<br/>Old and modern juxtaposed at Grotton, on the western fringe of Saddleworth. The chimney in the background is one of the few remaining in Oldham, which once had dozens of steam-powered cotton mills.
©Michael Fox
Dist:0.4km<br/>A large house on Coverhill Road between Grotton and Mossley.
©michael ely
Dist:0.5km<br/>Green View Chase is a recently built, mini modern housing estate, composed of detached and semi-detached stone properties. It is located in Grotton, which is a desirable and affluent part of Saddleworth and the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester.
©Steven Haslington
Dist:0.5km<br/>From the end of Under Lane, Grotton.
©Gerald England
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©David Dixon
Dist:0.6km<br/>This is at the junction with Ashbrook Road.
©Bill Boaden
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©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.6km<br/>Springhead Post Office is on the left.
©Bill Boaden
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©David Dixon
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©Alexander P Kapp
Dist:0.7km<br/>This is where the Oldham Way climbs up Quick Edge. There are usually lively and noisy dogs in this field.
©Bill Boaden

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