Middleton Junction

For the unincorporated community in the United States, see Middleton Junction, Wisconsin.

Railway bridge at Grimshaw Lane, site of the former Middleton Junction Railway Station
Middleton Junction
Middleton Junction is located in Greater Manchester
Middleton Junction
Middleton Junction
Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid referenceSD 88768 04870
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMANCHESTER
Postcode districtM24
Dialling code0161
PoliceGreater Manchester
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53°32′24″N 2°10′15″W / 53.540°N 2.1708°W / 53.540; -2.1708
JW Lees Brewery, founded 1812
Swan Mill and Rochdale Canal at Middleton Junction
The Wince Brook at Middleton Junction
Railway And Linnet public house, Grimshaw Lane
Radclyffe Arms

Middleton Junction is an industrial and residential district lying on the common border of Middleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale and Chadderton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester.[1]

The area takes its name from the former Middleton Junction railway station and lies along the course of the Rochdale Canal. It is located 1.4 miles south east of Middleton town centre and 1.9 miles west of central Chadderton.

It is contiguous with other areas of Chadderton and Middleton including Moorclose, Mills Hill, Greengate, Alkrington and Firwood Park. Semi rural Foxdenton lies to the east.

  1. ^ "The parish of Prestwich with Oldham - Tonge | A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5 (pp. 85-87)". British-history.ac.uk. 1 December 1906. Retrieved 28 December 2014.