Birtle, Greater Manchester

Birtle
The Pack Horse Inn public house, Birtle
Birtle
Birtle shown 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
Dialling code	01706
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Heywood and Middleton
List of places UK England Greater Manchester 53°37′05″N 2°14′55″W / 53.618°N 2.2487°W / 53.618; -2.2487Coordinates: 53°37′05″N 2°14′55″W / 53.618°N 2.2487°W / 53.618; -2.2487

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

Historically a part of Lancashire, Birtle is archaically referred to as Bircle or Birkle 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.

The local church is the Church of Saint John the Baptist, known locally as Bircle Church.

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