Uppermill

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Village in Greater Manchester, England

title: "Uppermill" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-greater-manchester", "towns-and-villages-of-the-peak-district", "former-civil-parishes-in-greater-manchester", "geography-of-the-metropolitan-borough-of-oldham", "saddleworth"] description: "Village in Greater Manchester, England" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uppermill" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Village in Greater Manchester, England ::

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Field	Value
country	England
map_type	Greater Manchester
coordinates
label_position	top
official_name	Uppermill
civil_parish	Saddleworth
metropolitan_borough	Oldham
metropolitan_county	Greater Manchester
region	North West England
constituency_westminster	Oldham East and Saddleworth
post_town	OLDHAM
postcode_district	OL3
postcode_area	OL
dial_code	01457
os_grid_reference	SD938090
london_distance	161 miles (261 km) SSE
static_image_name	Uppermill and Railway.jpg
static_image_caption	View over Uppermill
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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 the Peak District National Park directly to the east, 5 mi east of Oldham and 11 mi northeast of Manchester. Uppermill and the neighbouring village of Dobcross have a combined population of 7,500.

History

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Although there is evidence of Roman activity in the area, the history of Uppermill is dominated by the expansion of wool and cotton spinning into the area during the Industrial Revolution, with the construction of several mills. Uppermill Civic Hall was completed in 1859.

From 1894 to 1900 Upper Mill was an urban district. In 1894 Upper Mill became a civil parish, being formed from the part of Saddleworth in Upper Mill Urban District, on 1 April 1900 the parish was abolished and merged with Saddleworth.

Demography

::data[format=table title="Dobcross/Uppermill compared"] | 2001 UK census||Dobcross/Uppermill||Oldham (borough) | England | |---|---| | Total population | 7,475 | | White | 98.3% | | Asian | 0.6% | | Black | 0.2% | ::

The villages of Uppermill and Dobcross were treated as a single entity by the Office for National Statistics in the 2001 United Kingdom Census. As such, there are no demographic statistics for the village on its own. The statistics given here are for the combined population of Uppermill and Dobcross, which are about half a mile apart.

At the 2001 census, the area had a population of 7,475. Its population density was 10324 PD/sqmi, with a 100 to 92.6 female-to-male ratio. Of those over 16 years old, 22.5% were single (never married), 49.6% married, and 7.8% divorced. The 3,225 households in the area included 27.7% one-person, 43.2% married couples living together, 8.1% were co-habiting couples, and 6.9% single parents with their children. Of those aged 16–74, 21.1% had no academic qualifications, significantly below the averages of Oldham (37.7%) and England (28.9%).

At the 2001 UK census, 79.6% of residents in the area reported themselves as being Christian, 0.3% Muslim, 0.3% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist and 0.2% Jewish. The census recorded 13.3% as having no religion, 0.2% had an alternative religion and 6.0% did not state their religion.

Geography

Transport

The nearest railway station to Uppermill is Greenfield with an hourly service provided in both directions by TransPennine Express between Manchester Piccadilly and Huddersfield.

Bus services through the village provided by Stagecoach Manchester (Bee Network) operate to Oldham and Piccadilly Gardens and Ashton-under-Lyne. South Pennine Community Transport provide a service to Holmfirth. Diamond North West provide a service between Oldham, Greenfield station and Ashton-under-Lyne.

References

(14 February 2004). "Bronze Age dagger retrieved near proposed windfarm". Stonepages.com.
"Uppermill". Canal and River Trust.
"Saddleworth".
"Relationships and changes Upper Mill UD through time". [[A Vision of Britain through Time]].
"Saddleworth Registration District". UKBMD.
(22 July 2004). "Census 2001 Key Statistics - Urban area results by population size of urban area". Office for National Statistics.
"Oldham Metropolitan Borough ethnic group". Statistics.gov.uk.
(22 July 2004). "Census 2001 Key Statistics - Urban area results by population size of urban area". Office for National Statistics.
(22 July 2004). "Census 2001 Key Statistics - Urban area results by population size of urban area". Office for National Statistics.
(22 July 2004). "Census 2001 Key Statistics - Urban area results by population size of urban area". Office for National Statistics.
"Oldham Metropolitan Borough key statistics". Statistics.gov.uk.
(22 July 2004). "Census 2001 Key Statistics - Urban area results by population size of urban area". Office for National Statistics.
(22 July 2004). "Census 2001 Key Statistics - Urban area results by population size of urban area". Office for National Statistics.

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