Smithy Bridge

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | official_name = Smithy Bridge | coordinates = {{coord|53.632|-2.109|display=inline,title}} | static_image_name = Smithy Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 373228.jpg | static_image_caption = Smithy Bridge | population = | population_ref = | metropolitan_borough = Rochdale | metropolitan_county = Greater Manchester | region = North West England | constituency_westminster = Rochdale | post_town = LITTLEBOROUGH | postcode_district = OL15 | postcode_area = OL | dial_code = 01706 | os_grid_reference = SD927150 | london_distance = }}

'''Smithy Bridge''' is a suburb of Littleborough in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Hollingworth Lake Country Park is close by. It also has a link to the Rochdale Canal and has its own railway station.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Smithy Bridge Station {{!}} National Rail |url=https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/smithy-bridge/ |access-date=2025-12-30 |website=National Rail |language=en}}</ref> It was once a route on the packhorse trip through to Yorkshire.

Smithy Bridge was formerly a part of Butterworth.<ref name="GM Gazetteer">{{cite web|url=http://www.gmcro.co.uk/Guides/Gazeteer/gazzs.htm|title=Greater Manchester Gazetteer|publisher=Greater Manchester County Record Office|accessdate=9 July 2007|at=Places names - S|archivedate=18 July 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718144349/http://www.gmcro.co.uk/Guides/Gazeteer/gazzs.htm}}</ref>

==See also== {{portal|Greater Manchester}} *Listed buildings in Littleborough, Greater Manchester

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Category:Areas of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale Category:Villages in Greater Manchester Category:Littleborough, Greater Manchester