Rochdale

E35497

settlement town

Rochdale is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, historically known as a mill town and cooperative movement birthplace, now serving as a residential and commercial hub connected by rail to Manchester.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rochdale (UK Parliament constituency)	1
Rochdale town centre	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	settlement ⓘ town ⓘ
administrativeCentreOf	Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale ⓘ
ceremonialCounty	Greater Manchester ⓘ
cooperativeMovementEvent	Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers founded in 1844 ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dialCode	01706 ⓘ
directionFromManchester	northeast ⓘ
distanceToManchesterCityCentre	approximately 10 miles ⓘ
function	commercial hub ⓘ residential hub ⓘ
governedBy	Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale ⓘ surface form: Rochdale Borough Council
hasFootballClub	Rochdale A.F.C. ⓘ
hasIndustry	light manufacturing ⓘ retail ⓘ services ⓘ
hasLandmark	Hollingworth Lake ⓘ surface form: Hollingworth Lake (nearby) Rochdale Canal ⓘ Rochdale Parish Church of St Chad ⓘ Rochdale Pioneers Museum ⓘ Rochdale Town Hall ⓘ
hasRailConnectionTo	Manchester ⓘ
hasShoppingCentre	Riverside (Rochdale Riverside development) ⓘ Rochdale Exchange Shopping Centre ⓘ
hasStatus	large town ⓘ
hasTwinTown	Bielefeld ⓘ Lwów ⓘ surface form: Lviv
historicalCounty	Lancashire ⓘ
historicalEconomicBase	cotton spinning ⓘ woollen cloth production ⓘ
knownFor	birthplace of the modern cooperative movement ⓘ mill town history ⓘ textile industry ⓘ
locatedIn	England ⓘ Greater Manchester ⓘ North West England ⓘ
locatedOn	River Roch ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency	Rochdale self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rochdale (UK Parliament constituency)
partOf	Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale ⓘ
postTownFor	OL11 ⓘ OL12 ⓘ
railwayLine	Calder Valley line ⓘ
region	North West England ⓘ
timeZone	GMT ⓘ
timeZoneDST	BST ⓘ
transport	Metrolink ⓘ surface form: Metrolink tram services railway station ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale → administrativeHeadquarters → Rochdale ⓘ

Oldham borough → borderedBy → Rochdale ⓘ

Rossendale Valley → borders → Rochdale ⓘ

Rochdale line → connects → Rochdale ⓘ

Calder Valley line → connectsCity → Rochdale ⓘ

Manchester Victoria → connectsTo → Rochdale ⓘ

Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale → contains → Rochdale ⓘ

Manchester urban area → hasMajorSettlement → Rochdale ⓘ

River Spodden → hasNearbySettlement → Rochdale ⓘ

Bacup → hasNearbyTown → Rochdale ⓘ

Royton → hasNeighbouringSettlement → Rochdale ⓘ

OL → hasPostTown → Rochdale ⓘ

subject surface form: OL postcode area

Greater Manchester commuter belt → hasPrimaryCommutingDestination → Rochdale ⓘ

Rochdale line → hasPrimaryTown → Rochdale ⓘ

Greater Manchester commuter belt → includesTown → Rochdale ⓘ

Rochdale Town Centre tram stop → locatedIn → Rochdale ⓘ

Shaw and Crompton → locatedNear → Rochdale ⓘ

Todmorden → locatedNear → Rochdale ⓘ

Littleborough → near → Rochdale ⓘ

Middleton → nearbySettlement → Rochdale ⓘ

Rochdale Canal → nearbyTown → Rochdale ⓘ

Rochdale → parliamentaryConstituency → Rochdale self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rochdale (UK Parliament constituency)

M60 → passesNear → Rochdale ⓘ

M62 → passesNear → Rochdale ⓘ

M62 motorway → passesNear → Rochdale ⓘ

M60 motorway → passesThrough → Rochdale ⓘ

Rochdale Canal → passesThrough → Rochdale ⓘ

Manchester Metrolink → serves → Rochdale ⓘ

Metrolink → serves → Rochdale ⓘ

Metrolink tram network → serves → Rochdale ⓘ

Rochdale Town Centre tram stop → serves → Rochdale ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rochdale town centre