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, and lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines. It is located north of Oldham, south-east of Rochdale and north- ...

parish of the

Metropolitan Borough of Oldham The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. It is named after its largest town, Oldham. The borough had a population of in , making it the sixth-largest district by population in Greater Manch ...

, in

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

Crompton House Church of England Academy Crompton House CE School is a coeducational Church of England secondary school and sixth form located in the High Crompton area of Shaw and Crompton in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It was established in 192 ...

, 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

hill A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. It often has a distinct summit, and is usually applied to peaks which are above elevation compared to the relative landmass, though not as prominent as Mountain, mountains. Hills ...

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

M62 motorway The M62 is a west–east Pennines, trans-Pennine motorway in Northern England, connecting Liverpool and Kingston upon Hull, Hull via Manchester, Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield; of the route Concurrency (road), is shared with the M60 motorway, ...

and the southern boundary of the

Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. Its largest town is Rochdale and the wider borough covers other outlying towns and villages, including Heywood, Greater Manchester, Heywood, Littleb ...

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

and

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, and the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. In the United Kingdom 2021 Census, 2021 Census, the town had a population of 111,261, compared to 223,773 for the wid ...

. Pencil Brook flows through the area towards the

River Beal The Beal is a small river in Greater Manchester, England, and is a tributary of the River Roch. It rises in the Beal Valley in green space between Sholver and Royton, before continuing northwards through Shaw and Crompton, Newhey, Milnrow an ...

at Goats. High Crompton is served by three buses in the area.

First Greater Manchester First Greater Manchester is a bus operator in Greater Manchester. It is a subsidiary of the FirstGroup, operating franchised Bee Network bus services on contract to Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). The operator was once dominant in the n ...

'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 Shaw and Crompton is a tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 16 December 2012 and is located in Shaw and Crompton, a part of the Metropolitan Borough of ...

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Pictures of High CromptonMap of the High Crompton area
Areas of Greater Manchester Shaw and Crompton {{GreaterManchester-geo-stub