Thornham, Greater Manchester

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Thornham
Thornham shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD910096
Metropolitan borough	Oldham
	Rochdale
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	OLDHAM / ROCHDALE
Postcode district	OL2 / OL16
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Oldham West and Royton
	Rochdale
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°34′59″N 2°08′07″W / 53.583123, -2.135204

Thornham is a small district overlapping both Royton and Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England.^[1] The area is found at the border of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham and the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, and in this capacity is divided at a constituency and electoral ward level.^[2]

Thornham was formerly known as Gravel Hole, due to its mass pits of gravel. To this day, many maps still refer to Thornham by this name.

In former times, Thornham formed a significant part of the parish of Middleton.

Thornham is served by "Thornham St. James Cof E Primary School" (which lies within the border of Royton and is thus administered by Oldham L.E.A) and "St John's CE Primary Thornham" (which lies within Rochdale, and thus administered by Rochdale L.E.A.^[3]

Thornham has good transport links with Oldham and Rochdale with the A671 running through the area between the two towns. First Manchester's 409 services runs along this road between Rochdale and Ashton-under-Lyne via Oldham. First also provides bus services to Manchester with the 24 running between Rochdale and Manchester via Royton and Chadderton and the 20 peak time express service between Bacup and Manchester via Rochdale, Royton and Chadderton.