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Crowd gathered outside the Royal Oak, Ramsbottom, for the 2007 championship. The World Black Pudding Throwing Championships are held annually in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester, England, outside The Oaks (formerly the Royal Oak) pub on Bridge Street on the second Sunday of September. The event was originally held outside the Corner Pin pub in ...
Ramsbottom is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England. [1] The population at the 2011 census was 17,872. [2]Historically in Lancashire, it is on the River Irwell in the West Pennine Moors, [3] [4] 3.9 miles (6.3 km) northwest of Bury, and 12 miles (19 km) of Manchester.
The line through Ramsbottom had initially been constructed by the Manchester, Bury and Rossendale Railway, authorised on 4 July 1844, but that company was absorbed by the East Lancashire Railway on 21 July 1845. The line was extended by the ELR from Stubbins Junction, just north of Ramsbottom, to Accrington on 18 September 1848.
Ramsbottom is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manchester, England, and includes the villages of Holcombe and Summerseat and the surrounding countryside. The area is unparished, and it contains 52 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade II*, the middle ...
St Paul's Church was established in 1844, reflecting the growth of Ramsbottom during the Industrial Revolution. Consecrated in 1850, [1] it has been a pivotal part of the community for over a century, witnessing and adapting to various historical events and societal changes. The church has undergone structural and administrative transformations ...
Its area was coterminate with Ramsbottom, spanning an area of the Rossendale Valley north of the County Borough of Bury. The Urban District was created by the Local Government Act 1894 , and abolished by the Local Government Act 1972 ; in 1974 the Central, East, South and West wards of the district joined the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, the ...
By the standards of the various now defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Ramsbottom system was very small, with only one route, [1] from Holcombe Brook railway station to Edenfield, with a short branch from Market Place in Ramsbottom to Ramsbottom railway station, which closed on 5 October 1914. [2] Buses ran half-hourly. [3]
The bus service runs hourly from Accrington to Manchester via Haslingden, Ramsbottom and Prestwich. A 'FAST' variant operates during peak times, where buses skip Prestwich and instead travel Rochdale Road through Harpurhey, Collyhurst and Shudehill, reducing journey times. [3] The route is operated by a combination of double and single decker ...