Langley, Greater Manchester
Langley | |
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High-rise accommodation in Langley. The flats pictured here have since been demolished. | |
Langley Langley shown within Greater Manchester | |
OS grid reference | SD865065 |
Metropolitan borough | |
Metropolitan county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | MANCHESTER |
Postcode district | M24 |
Dialling code | 0161 |
Police | Greater Manchester |
Fire | Greater Manchester |
Ambulance | North West |
EU Parliament | North West England |
Langley is an area of Middleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, 4.4 miles (7.1 km) south-southwest of Rochdale and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north-northeast of Manchester City Centre.
Langley is an overspill estate, created in the 1950s for Manchester City Council.[1] Families moved into the new housing from the slum clearance areas of Manchester, the eventual population of about 25,000 doubling that of Middleton.[1]
All the street names are adopted from different areas of the Lake District.
In 1990, Langley estate was the focus of a satanic panic[2] and in 2006 twelve of the now-adult victims sued Rochdale Council for compensation.
The Ken Loach film Raining Stones was filmed in and around Langley in 1993.
- A street in Langley with council homes built by Manchester City Council around the mid-20th century.
References
- 1 2 "Spotlight on Middleton". manchesteronline.co.uk. 2006-06-11. Retrieved 2007-11-15.
- ↑ "Lost years of 'satanic panic' children". BBC News. 2006-01-11.
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