Hollins is an area of
Oldham
Oldham is a town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers River Irk, Irk and River Medlock, Medlock, southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative cent ...
,
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a ceremonial county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, Derbyshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Cheshire to the south, and Merseyside to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Manchester. ...
, England, 1.7 miles south of the town centre.
Formerly a hamlet set amongst open moorland and farmland along Hollins Road, the 19th century growth of Oldham saw Hollins form a contiguous urban area with
Hollinwood,
Limeside,
Garden Suburb
The garden city movement was a 20th century urban planning movement promoting satellite communities surrounding the central city and separated with greenbelts. These Garden Cities would contain proportionate areas of residences, industry, an ...
,
Werneth,
Coppice
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and
Copster Hill
Copster Hill is a locality in the town of Oldham in Greater Manchester, lying 1.6 miles to the south of Oldham town centre.
Archaically a hamlet and private estate set in open moorland and farmland along Hollins Road, the 19th-century growth of ...
.
Amenities

Hollins Fire Station opened in 1981 to replace the now demolished Werneth Fire Station.
The area is served by Lyndhurst Primary School. It was formerly served by Hollins Comprehensive School.
Hollins
Methodist
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Church on Millgate has served the area since 1840. A
Buddhist
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Temple, Ketumani Buddhist Vihara, was established in Hollins in 2000, although it subsequently relocated to Manchester.
Merton Playing Fields is the last remaining undeveloped land in the area.
Transport
First Greater Manchester
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provides the following bus services along Hollins Road:
180 providing services to
Greenfield via Oldham and to
Manchester
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
via
Failsworth
Failsworth is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, north-east of Manchester and south-west of Oldham. The M60 motorway, M60 ring-road motorway skirts it to the east. The population at the United Kingdom C ...
.
184
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to
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confl ...
via Oldham and
Uppermill
Uppermill is a village in the civil parish of Saddleworth in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies on the River Tame in a valley amongst the South Pennines with t ...
and to
Manchester
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via Failsworth.
provides service 76 to Oldham and to Manchester via Limeside and
Newton Heath
Newton Heath is an area of Manchester, England, north-east of Manchester city centre and with a population of 9,883.
Historically part of Lancashire, Newton was formerly a farming area, but adopted the factory system following the Industrial ...
.
References
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Areas of Oldham