Langley, Greater Manchester

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Langley
Langley shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD865065
Metropolitan borough	Rochdale
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	MANCHESTER
Postcode district	M24
Dialling code	0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°33′19″N 2°12′11″W / 53.55516, -2.20305

Langley is a component area of Middleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Created as a Manchester overspill estate in the 1950s and 60s, it is 4.4 miles (7.1 km) south-southwest of Rochdale and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north-northeast of Manchester City Centre.

The Langley estate is an overspill housing development that was created in the 1950s for Manchester City Council.^[1] Families moved in to the new housing from the slum clearance areas of Manchester, the eventual population was about 25,000 - doubling the population size of Middleton.^[1] Langley today comprises one of the largest council estates in Europe.^{[citation needed]}