Smithy Bridge railway station

Smithy Bridge is a suburb of Littleborough in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Hollingworth Lake Country Park is close by. It also has a link to the Rochdale Canal and has its own railway station. It was once a route on the packhorse trip through to Yorkshire. Smithy Bridge was formerly a part of Butterworth.

Dearnley Old Hall is a Grade II* listed building on New Road in Dearnley, near Littleborough, within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England.

Stubley Old Hall (also known as Stubley Hall) is a 15th-century manor house in Littleborough, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, the hall is notable for its architectural evolution and is Grade II* listed.

Birch Hill Hospital is a health facility in Wardle, Littleborough, near Rochdale, Greater Manchester. It was managed by Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust when it was a general hospital. Parts of the hospital are now managed as a psychiatric hospital by Pennine Care. There is also the Floyd Unit which is a Neuro Rehabilitation Unit managed by Pennine Acute.

Featherstall Brook is a watercourse in Greater Manchester and a tributary of the River Roch.

Hollingworth Lake Rowing Club is a rowing club on Hollingworth Lake and based at The Clubhouse, Lake Bank, Littleborough, Greater Manchester. The club was founded in 1872 but the current clubhouse was built in 1972.The club has produced multiple British champions.

Birchinley Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed early 17th-century building on Wildhouse Lane in Milnrow, a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. The property was added to Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register in 2013 due to structural deterioration but was no longer on the register as of 2025 following conservation work. The surrounding land has since been redeveloped for housing.

Smallbridge is a district of Rochdale in Greater Manchester, England. It lies at the foothills of the Pennines, in the northeast of Rochdale, contiguous with Buckley, and to the south of the village of Wardle. The Rochdale ward is called Smallbridge and Firgrove. This ward had a population of 11,469 at the 2011 Census.

Littleborough and Saddleworth was a parliamentary constituency in Greater Manchester, England. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The constituency was created for the 1983 general election, and abolished for the 1997 general election.

Wardle Academy is a coeducational secondary school with academy status, located in Wardle, Greater Manchester, England. It was founded in September 1977.

Hollingworth Lake is a 130-acre (53 ha) reservoir at Smithy Bridge in Littleborough, Greater Manchester, England. It was originally built as the main water source for the Rochdale Canal, but developed as a tourist resort from the 1860s. Hotels were built around it, helped by the arrival of the railway in 1839, which brought day-trippers and weekend visitors from Manchester, Bradford and Leeds. The popularity of the lake as a resort declined in the early twentieth century and the area was used as an army camp in the First World War. The canal company sold the reservoir to Oldham and Rochdale Corporations for water supply in 1923. After the Second World War, boating rights were bought by Rochdale Council, who developed the area into the Hollingworth Lake Country Park in 1974. There has been a steady increase in facilities since, and it is now a thriving centre for water sports and other activities. Hollingworth Lake Rowing Club has been in continuous existence since 1872.

Ash Brook is a watercourse in Greater Manchester and a tributary of the River Roch.