Oldham: facts

At a glance

• Country: United Kingdom
• Region: England
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 237,110
• Coordinates: 53.5405° N, 2.1183° W
• Time zone: Europe/London (UTC+00:00 standard, UTC+01:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Pound (GBP)
• Distance to the capital, London: 263 km (163 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Manchester Airport (MAN): 24 km (15 mi), straight line
• Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA): 47 km (29 mi), straight line
• Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL): 54 km (33 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Chadderton: 1.5 km (0.9 mi)
• Royton: 2.7 km (1.7 mi)
• Failsworth: 5.1 km (3.1 mi)
• Middleton: 5.5 km (3.4 mi)
• Ashton-under-Lyne: 5.9 km (3.7 mi)