Langley, Greater Manchester
| Langley | |
 High-rise accommodation in Langley. The flats pictured here have since been demolished. |
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  Langley Langley shown within Greater Manchester | |
| OS grid reference | SD865065 |
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| Metropolitan borough | Rochdale |
| Metropolitan county | Greater Manchester |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANCHESTER |
| Postcode district | M24 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
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Langley is an area of Middleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. 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 into the new housing from the slum clearance areas of Manchester, the eventual population was about 25,000 - doubling the population size of Middleton.[1]
In 1990, Langley estate was the focus of a satanic panic [2] and in 2006 twelve of the now-adult victims sued Rochdale Council for compensation.
The Ken Loach film, Raining Stones, was filmed in and around Langley in 1993.
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A street in Langley with council homes built by Manchester City Council around the mid-20th century.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Spotlight on Middleton". manchesteronline.co.uk. 2006-06-11. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
- ↑ "Lost years of 'satanic panic' children". BBC News. 2006-01-11.