Greengate, Greater Manchester

Greengate, looking north from the Chadderton boundary
Greengate
Greengate is located in Greater Manchester
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Postcode districtM24
Dialling code0161
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53°31′58″N 2°10′30″W / 53.532809°N 2.1749522°W / 53.532809; -2.1749522

Greengate is an industrial district in the town of Chadderton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester.

It is located in the south west of Chadderton, close to the town's common borders with Middleton to the west and Moston in the City of Manchester which lies to the south.

For postal purposes Greengate lies within the Manchester postal district (M24, Middleton).

British aircraft manufacturer Avro, later BAE Chadderton, built a factory at Greengate in 1938–39. It was one of the largest employers in the area.[1] The BAE factory was closed in 2012 and purchased later that year by NOV (formerly National Oilwell Varco), an American multinational working in oil and gas.[2]

  1. ^ P.8 Lawson, Michael; Johnson, Mark (1997), Images of England: Chadderton, Tempus, ISBN 0-7524-0714-7
  2. ^ "NOV Mono to move to former BAE Systems site with £24m investment pledge". www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2018.