Limeside is a large housing estate in

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, England, 2 miles south of the town centre in the Hollinwood ward, contiguous with

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, Hollins and

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countryside park lies to the south.

Whitebank Stadium Whitebank Stadium, currently also known as the Vestacare Stadium for sponsorship purposes, is a rugby league and association football stadium which forms part of Limeside in Oldham, England. It is the home stadium of Oldham R.L.F.C. and Avro F ...

, home of

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and

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football club Avro F.C., is in Limeside. Hollinwood Cemetery lies immediately west of the estate.

History

Archaically known as Lime Side, the area now occupied by the estate once constituted a hamlet and farmstead centred around Limeside Farm on the eastern edge of the Hollinwood Common. The northern part of the estate was built by the early 1930s. The 17.75 acre Limeside Park opened in 1932. The Oldham Extension Act 1950 transferred of the

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to the

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, On abolition in 1954, the rural district was divided between the Borough of

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(1,154 acres), County Borough of Oldham (1,052 acres), Failsworth Urban District (606 acres),

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Urban District (235 acres) and the Borough of

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(37 acres). These developments allowed for the expansion of the estate in the 1950s into the former rural area.

Education

Three primary schools serve the area. Holy Family RC Primary, Limehurst Primary and Oasis Academy Limeside. See

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Religion

Limeside is part of the

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parish of Hollinwood and Limeside in the Diocese of Manchester. The area was formerly served by St Chad's in Limeside between 1953 and 2002, however constant vandalism of the church building led to its closure and the decision to create a new parish of St Margaret, Hollinwood and St Chad, Limeside. Limeside is a part of the

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Parish of Holy Family, the church building being on Roman Road. The area is also served by Limeside Methodist Church, founded in 1960.

Transport

Stagecoach Manchester Stagecoach ManchesterCompanies House extract company no 2818654

provide the following bus services in Limeside. Service 76 to Oldham via Copster Hill and to

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

via Failsworth and

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during the daytime and into the evening on Weekdays and Saturdays. Service 74 to Oldham via

Coppice Coppicing is a traditional method of woodland management which exploits the capacity of many species of trees to put out new shoots from their stump or roots if cut down. In a coppiced wood, which is called a copse, young tree stems are repeate ...

and to Manchester via Hollinwood and Woodhouses during evenings and Sundays. Service 183 to Royal Oldham Hospital via Coppice and Oldham.

References

{{Reflist Areas of Oldham Housing estates in England