Tunshill

Tunshill
Tunshill
	The M62 motorway bisects Tunshill
	Tunshill Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD943132
• London	168 mi (270 km) SSE
Metropolitan borough	Rochdale;
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ROCHDALE
Postcode district	OL16
Dialling code	01706
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Oldham East and Saddleworth;
	List of places UK England Greater Manchester 53°36′54″N 2°05′06″W / 53.615°N 2.085°W

Tunshill is a hamlet at the northeastern edge of Milnrow, within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amongst the foothills of the Pennines, 3.0 miles (4.8 km) east of Rochdale and 5.1 miles (8.2 km) north-northeast of Oldham.

It includes a golf club and numerous farms.

A small Roman statue of the goddess Victory was discovered at Tunshill Farm in 1793.^[1]

In the 1970s, the M62 motorway was built through the area.

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