Failsworth
Sign in to saveFailsworth () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, north-east of Manchester and south-west of Oldham. The M60 ring-road motorway skirts it to the east. The population at the 2011 census was 20,680. Historically in Lancashire, Failsworth until the 19th century was a farming township linked ecclesiastically with Manchester. Inhabitants supplemented their farming income with domestic hand-loom weaving. The humid climate and abundant labour and coal led to weaving of textiles as a Lancashire Mill Town with redbrick cotton mills. A current landmark is the Fa
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Failsworth
- UK place.population
- 20,680
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.metropolitan_borough
- Oldham
- UK place.metropolitan_county
- Greater Manchester
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Manchester Central
- UK place.post_town
- MANCHESTER
- UK place.postcode_district
- M35
- UK place.postcode_area
- M
- UK place.dial_code
- 0161
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD895015
- UK place.static_image_name
- Failsworth.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Failsworth Pole
- UK place.london_distance
- SSE
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- Geography
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- Religious sites
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- Twin town
- Notable people
- Sport
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Failsworth () is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England, north-east of Manchester and south-west of Oldham. The M60 ring-road motorway skirts it to the east. The population at the 2011 census was 20,680. Historically in Lancashire, Failsworth until the 19th century was a farming township linked ecclesiastically with Manchester. Inhabitants supplemented their farming income with domestic hand-loom weaving. The humid climate and abundant labour and coal led to weaving of textiles as a Lancashire Mill Town with redbrick cotton mills. A current landmark is the Failsworth Pole. Daisy Nook is a country park on the southern edge.
==Toponymy== Failsworth derives from the Old English and worth, probably meaning an "enclosure with a special kind of fence".