Copster Hill

Copster Hill
Copster Hill is located in Greater Manchester
Copster Hill
Copster Hill
Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid referenceSD921031
Metropolitan borough
Metropolitan county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townOLDHAM
Postcode districtOL8
Dialling code0161
PoliceGreater Manchester
FireGreater Manchester
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Greater Manchester
53°31′30″N 2°07′08″W / 53.525°N 2.119°W / 53.525; -2.119

Copster Hill is a locality in the town of Oldham in Greater Manchester, lying 1.6 miles to the south of Oldham town centre.

Archaically a hamlet and private estate set in open moorland and farmland along Hollins Road, the 19th-century growth of Oldham saw Copster Hill form a contiguous urban area with Hathershaw, Hollins, Garden Suburb and Coppice.[1]

The area is served by Copster Park which opened to the public in 1911.[2][3]

Two long-standing public houses survive in this locality: The Falconers Arms and the King George. The King George was built in 1911 but can trace its roots to an earlier inn on the same site, The Noggins, which dates from the early 1700s.

  1. ^ http://www.pixnet.co.uk/Oldham-hrg/newsletters/2012-03.html |Oldham Historical Research Group. Retrieved 4 December 2016
  2. ^ "Copster Park". www.oldham.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Oldham Timeline". www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk. 19 June 2005. Retrieved 23 December 2018.