Oldham's Spindles shopping centre has one of Europe's largest stained glass roofs, which depicts the life of composer Sir William Walton. The centre has shops on two levels with parking for 950 cars. It is home to stores such as Debenhams, Next, T.J. Hughes, Boots, Top Shop, WH Smith, Waterstones, alongside craft shops, phone-shops, jewellers ,coffee shops and places to pause and snack.
The Dovestone Reservoir trail is like having the lake-district in your own back-yard. Perfect for long walks and not-so-long-walks. Terrific views of the countryside and back towards Oldham with Manchester in the distance.
Downstairs is home to the books, the Lifelong Learning Centre and a performance space with an 80 seat theatre.
Upstairs are Information services with encyclopaedias, books, newspapers and magazines, official records, maps and public computers for research and study.
The Library is open Monday to Thursday: 9.00am - 9.30pm and Friday and Saturday: 9.00am - 5.00pm, Closed on Sunday.
The express library includes popular adult fiction, non-fiction,books for children and teenagers CDs, DVDs, photocopying facilities and computers; and is open when the rest of the library is closed. Monday to Thursday from 7.00pm - 9.30pm.
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Maggie's Oldham is one of 22 centres in the U.K. These are special places where anyone affected by cancer can get support and advice from professionals.
Maggie's Oldham is situated next to the Royal Oldham Hospital.
The 1841 built town-hall reopened in 2016 as a leisure complex - the result of a £36M project to revive the building which additionally created a new public space, 'Parliament Sq' alongside in place of the old Bus Station. The town-hall is now home to a stunning new Odeon Cinema, Molino Lounge, Costa, and Nando's, all housed within the Grade II listed heritage building and it's modern extension.
An additional feature added in front of the former Town Hall in 2019 was the statue of Oldham suffragette Annie Kenny.
Oldham has been a market town since 1788. Oldham Market Hall stands adjacent to Tommyfield Market - named after the original landowner Thomas Whittaker. The original market hall was destroyed by a fire in 1974, and after a temporary replacement was ultimately rebuilt in the 1990's and now houses a wide variety of stalls for foodstuffs, clothing, fabrics, and household goods along with hairdressers, tailoring, electronics and watch repairs.
The Market Hall is open 9am - 5.15pm Monday-Saturday.
Outside, Sundays are car boot sales all year-round, Mondays are a traditional market, Wednesdays are mixed - with a variety second-hand stalls and on Saturdays it's the Material Market; while Sunday mornings are for house-clearing bargains.
update 2021 - There are plans underway to convert Tommyfield into a small park/public greenspace and move the market hall and outside market together with stall into the Spindles - which is now owned by Oldham Council.
Tandle Hill is Oldham’s oldest country park with 48 hectares of parkland featuring mature beech trees, mixed woodland and grassland; and is a designated Site of Biological Importance for its fungi and bird populations..
Visible from many parts of Oldham it overlooks Higginshaw village to the east, Royton to the north and Oldham centre to the west and south with additional views across the Manchester Plain and the Pennine Hills.
Oldham Edge, in the Tandle Hill area, is a large area of moorland and grassland, containing mixed woodland plantations.
Facilities available at the park include a Café (open most weekends and school holidays), public toilets (including disabled access), baby changing facilities and plentiful car parking. There is also a ahildren’s play area with sand play and basket swing
Activities on the site include, walking, cycling, orienteering, bird-watching and pond-dipping.
