Welcome to Wardle
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Welcome to Wardle by Steven Haslington as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Steven Haslington Taken: 26 May 2011
A welcome sign marking the boundary of Wardle in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. Although effectively a suburb of Rochdale, Wardle retains the status of a distinct village outside of Rochdale town proper, and formerly constituted an urban district.