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View NE about 600 metres from Castleton railway station looking towards where Edinburgh Way crosses the canal. Photograph taken from SD818111.

©michael ely

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©Peter Whatley

Dist:0.2km<br/>Saint Aidan's Parish Church, Sudden, Rochdale.

http://www.staidan.org.uk/

©David Dixon

Dist:0.2km<br/>Saint Aidan's Parish Church, Sudden, Rochdale.

http://www.staidan.org.uk/

©David Dixon

Dist:0.2km<br/>The "Tesco roundabout" was the second (smaller) traffic island at Sudden. Although still shown on the OS map as a roundabout, the junction of the A58 Bolton Road and the A664 Manchester Road was re-designed in a major roadworks scheme during 2007-8, to ease congestion.
http://www.theimpactpartnership.com/File.ashx?id=Case studies/Sudden Roundabouts.pdf
http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/councillor-diaries/531/an-apology-from-councillor-greg-couzens-cabinet-member-for-highways

This view is taken from Bolton Road (the A58) looking towards Rochdale. To the right, traffic is joining from Manchester Road (the A664) and the Tesco supermarket.

©David Dixon

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©Alexander P Kapp

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©Alexander P Kapp

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©Alexander P Kapp

Dist:0.3km<br/>This junction of Bolton Road with Manchester Road has recently been changed from a roundabout to a conventional junction with traffic lights

©Alexander P Kapp

Dist:0.3km<br/>The A58 will pass through Heywood and Bury before it reaches Bolton.

©David Dixon

Dist:0.3km<br/>Taken from a bus. There has been a Tesco on this site for a long time, and it has already had one major refurbishment, but is beginning to look dated again.

©Bill Boaden

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©Alexander P Kapp

Dist:0.4km<br/>The Waggon and Horses public house, Sudden.

©David Dixon

Dist:0.4km<br/>Although still (January 2010) marked on the OS map as a roundabout, the intersection of Edinburgh Way (the A664, leading to the A627M and M62 motorways) with Manchester Road (the A58 to Rochdale, Manchester, Bury and Bolton) and Roch Valley Way (B6452 to Blackburn)has been re-designed.

The Sudden Roundabouts were two of the busiest junctions in Rochdale, often affected by congestion and delays, particularly during the morning and afternoon peaks.

http://www.theimpactpartnership.com/File.ashx?id=Case studies/Sudden Roundabouts.pdf
http://www.rochdaleonline.co.uk/news-features/councillor-diaries/531/an-apology-from-councillor-greg-couzens-cabinet-member-for-highways

This view is looking across the junction from Roch Valley Way towards Edinburgh Way. Manchester Road crosses from left to right.

©David Dixon

Dist:0.4km<br/>This is right on the major junction of Edinburgh Way with Manchester Road. This used to be a roundabout which was notorious for traffic queues. It is now a traffic-light-controlled crossroads, but I am not convinced this operates any better.

©Bill Boaden

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