Shaw
in Oldham of England, United Kingdom
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Manchester Woodford Airport (16 mi) - Manchester Airport (17 mi)
- Leeds Bradford Airport (27 mi)
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport (35 mi)
- Blackpool International Airport (41 mi)
- Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield Airport (44 mi)
- Hawarden Airport (46 mi)
- RAF Linton-On-Ouse (48 mi)
- East Midlands Airport (60 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 46 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 54 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 74 mi)
- Derwent Valley Mills (Unesco heritage, 75 mi)
- Studley Royal Park including the Ruins of Fountains Abbey (Unesco heritage, 77 mi)
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Unesco heritage, 102 mi) - Durham Castle and Cathedral (Unesco heritage, 107 mi)
- North Manchester Golf Course (Golf course, 6 mi)
- Whitefield Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Stand Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Lowes Park Golf Club (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Walmersley Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Bacup Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Bury Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Swinton Park Golf Club (Golf course, 11 mi)
- Bramall Park Golf Club (Golf course, 12 mi)
- Rossendale Golf Club (Golf course, 13 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 53.567 and -2.083 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 53° 34' 0" and W -2° 4' 59"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 08:20 PM (Thursday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:58 am and 8:16 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-04-18 08:12:24
Discover Shaw
Shaw in Oldham (England) with it's 1,001 citizens is a town in United Kingdom about 164 mi (or 264 km) north-west of London, the country's capital city.
Current time in Shaw is now 08:20 PM (Thursday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of one hour. We know of 9 airports near Shaw, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Manchester Woodford Airport in a distance of 16 mi (or 26 km), South. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City in a distance of 46 mi (or 73 km), East. Also, if you like playing golf, there are a few options in driving distance. Looking for a place to stay? we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Oldham, Mossley, Ashton-under-Lyne, Rochdale and Stockport. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 10°C / 49 °F
| Morning Temperature | 3°C / 37 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Night Temperature | 9°C / 48 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 1% |
| Air Humidity | 62% |
| Air Pressure | 1021 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 12 km/h (7 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 99% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Friday, 19th of April 2024
10°C (51 °F)
6°C (42 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Saturday, 20th of April 2024
10°C (50 °F)
5°C (42 °F)
Few clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
7°C (45 °F)
5°C (41 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Moss Lodge
The White Hart
The Broadoak Hotel
Best Western Hotel Smokies Park
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Barton Villa
Village Hotel Manchester Ashton
Victoria Hotel By Compass Hospitality
Best Western Broadfield Park
Rochdale
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Strinesdale Reservoir
Strinesdale is a reservoir situated on the A62 between Oldham and Delph in Greater Manchester, England. The town of Rochdale is to the north and the town of Oldham to the south. Strinesdale is an area of water and woodland covering approximately 40 acres (162,000 m²). In 1991, the reservoirs were drained and replaced by two smaller lakes with the old reservoir sites being planted with trees and grassland.
Moorside, Oldham
Moorside is a suburb of Oldham in Greater Manchester, England. Moorside Cricket Club pay host to matches at their Turf Pit Lane Road ground.
Shaw and Crompton
Shaw and Crompton is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines, 2.3 miles north of Oldham, 3.6 miles southeast of Rochdale, and 8.7 miles to the northeast of the city of Manchester. It is regularly referred to as Shaw.
Shaw National Distribution Centre
Shaw National Distribution Centre (also known as Shaw NDC) is the main distribution and order processing centre for British retailer Shop Direct Group, and is located in Shaw and Crompton, a town in Greater Manchester, England. Shaw NDC is a "state-of-the-art facility" which "stores over 1,000,000 sq ft of products", ready for delivery through the group's distribution arm, Business Express. Shaw NDC spans 23 acres, making it one of Europe's largest warehouse distribution centres.
List of mills in Shaw and Crompton
This is a list of textile factories that have existed in Shaw and Crompton, formerly of Lancashire and now in Greater Manchester, England. From the Industrial Revolution until the 20th century, Crompton (as it was then mainly known) was a major centre of textile manufacture, particularly cotton spinning. During this period, it was dominated by large rectangular brick-built factories, some of which still remain today as warehouses or distribution centres.
Oldham Pupil Referral Unit
Oldham Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) is an expulsion school located on Broadbent Road, Watersheddings, Oldham. Oldham PRU supports pupils, aged between 10 and 16, who are unable to access mainstream school, including those with behaviour problems, or have been permanently excluded, or those who cannot attend for medical reasons. In July 2009 the school was deemed to be "outstanding" by board inspectors.
Sholver
Sholver is an area of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. An elevated, residential area, it lies near the middle of the Oldham part of the valley of the River Beal, 2.1 miles northeast of Oldham's commercial centre, nearly at the northeastern-most extremity of the town, by open countryside close to the source of the River Medlock and by the border with Saddleworth.
Rutland Mill
Rutland Mill was a cotton spinning mill on Linney Lane, in Shaw and Crompton, Greater Manchester, England. It was built by F. W. Dixon & Son in 1907 for the Rutland Mill Co. Ltd. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s. By 1964, it was in the Courtaulds Group. In the late 1980s, as Courtaulds moved operations to other parts of the world, the mill was bought by Littlewoods who demolished it and replaced it with a new automated storage warehouse.
Hawk Mill, Shaw
Hawk Mill, Shaw is a cotton spinning mill in Shaw, Oldham, Greater Manchester. It was built in 1908. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1931 and passed to Courtaulds in 1964. The machinery was scapped in 1964c, and the mill demolished in 1991.
Dawn Mill, Shaw
Dawn Mill, Shaw is a cotton spinning mill in Shaw and Crompton, Oldham, Greater Manchester. It was built on the site of Shaw Mill at the "dawn" of the 20th century. Dawn Mill was equipped with mule weft spindles in 1950. It was powered by Engines named Venus and Mars, 1800 hp twin tandem compound engine by George Saxon of Manchester. It was taken over by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation in the 1930s and passed to Courtaulds in 1964.
Newby Mill, Shaw
Elm Mill, is a four storey cotton spinning mill in Shaw and Crompton, Greater Manchester. It was built in 1890 for the Elm Spinning Company Ltd. , and closed in 1928, when it was revived by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation (1929) and called Newby Mill. LCC and all their assets passed to Courtaulds in 1964. Production at Newby finished in 1970, and it was used for warehousing. Subsequently, now named Shaw No 3 Mill, it became part of Littlewood's Shaw National Distribution Centre.
2012 Oldham explosion
The 2012 Oldham explosion occurred on 26 June 2012. A house on Buckley Street in Shaw, a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, England exploded at 10:40am. Thirteen neighbouring houses were damaged in the blast amounting to £1.2m of damage. 175 homes were evacuated. 30 firefighters were at the site of the blast. A two-year-old boy was killed and one man injured. A gas leak was reported before the explosion.