High Crompton is a locality in the west of the

Shaw and Crompton Shaw and Crompton is a civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, which contains the town of Shaw and lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines. It is located north of Oldham, south ...

parish of the

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, in

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. It is formed around High Crompton Park and Rochdale Road. The area mainly comprises residential housing, but also contains

Crompton House Church of England Academy ("Dare to know") , established = 19 September 1926 , type = Academy , religious_affiliation = Church of England , head_label = Headteacher , head = Karl Newell , r_head_label = , r_head = , chair_label = Chairman of Governors , chair = ...

, St Mary's

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church and its accompanying primary school of the same name. The area also boasts a public park with Green Flag status, appropriately named High Crompton Park. High Crompton is an area of

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y terrain, attaining a high point of around 213 metres (700 ft) above sea level.Farrer, W. & Brownbill, J., (1911), ''A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5'' - 'The parish of Prestwich with Oldham: Crompton', pp. 108–12. High Crompton 3 July 2016

High Crompton is located very close to the

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and the southern boundary of the

Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. It is named after its largest town, Rochdale, The borough covers other outlying towns and villages with a population of 206,500 at the ...

. It is connected by road to the neighbouring large towns of

Oldham Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, wh ...

and

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

. Pencil Brook flows through the area towards the River Beal at Goats. High Crompton is served by three buses in the area.

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's 408 service runs from Buckstones to Stalybridge, via Shaw, Royton and Oldham. The service runs hourly throughout the day, every day until approx 11pm with additional journeys between Buckstones and Oldham during weekdays provided by First's 428 service, which runs via Thornham. Rosso's 435 services also serves Buckstones and Shaw. From High Crompton, the service runs to Rochdale via Turf Hill. The service runs every 30 mins, Monday-Saturday daytime. The other service is First's 403/404 Shaw circular service, linking various parts of Shaw and Crompton. All services link High Crompton with Shaw & Crompton tram stop.

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Areas of Greater Manchester Shaw and Crompton {{GreaterManchester-geo-stub