Birtle is a hamlet within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England.[1] It lies in the Cheesden Valley, set amongst the Pennines.

Birtle
The Pack Horse Inn public house, Birtle
Birtle Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD835135
Metropolitan borough	Rochdale
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HEYWOOD
Postcode district	OL10
Postcode district	BL9
Dialling code	01706 0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Heywood and Middleton
List of places UK England Greater Manchester 53.618°N 2.2487°W / 53.618; -2.2487

Historically a part of Lancashire, Birtle is archaically referred to as Bircle or Birkle [2] which means Birch Hill. Together with neighbouring Bamford, it formed the civil parish of Birtle-with-Bamford (also known as Birtle-cum-Bamford). It was in Middleton ecclesiastical parish and in Bury poor law Union. In 1933, Birtle-with-Bamford was dissolved with Birtle being amalgamated into the Municipal Borough of Heywood.[1]

The local church is Bircle Church,[3] St. John the Baptist, Castle Hill Road, Bircle, Bury. In addition to the graveyard and garden of remembrance, the Church land includes an area now known as ‘Bircle Church Wood’, which was gifted by the Reverend Trend Smith.

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