Tunshill

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Tunshill
The M62 motorway bisects Tunshill
Tunshill shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD943132
- London	168 mi (270 km) SSE
Metropolitan borough	Rochdale
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ROCHDALE
Postcode district	OL16
Dialling code	01706
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Oldham East and Saddleworth
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

Coordinates: 53°36′56″N 2°05′08″W / 53.615531, -2.085418

Tunshill is a hamlet at the northeastern edge of Milnrow, within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the Pennines, 3.0 miles (4.8 km) east of Rochdale and 5.1 miles (8.2 km) north-northeast of Oldham.

It includes a golf club and numerous farms.

A small Roman statue of the goddess Victory was discovered at Tunshill Farm in 1793.^[1]

In the 1970s, the M62 motorway was built through the area.