Royton
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![The early history of Royton is linked with Royton Hall (pictured), the township's former manor house.](/Images/godic/202502/08/Royton_Hall5552.png")
![Rehearsals by Radicals at Royton's Tandle Hill (pictured) led to increased tensions surrounding the ill-fated political demonstration now known as the Peterloo massacre.](/Images/godic/202502/08/Tandle_Hill,_Royton5552.jpg")
Royton (pop. 21,284(2011)) is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It is situated close to the source of the River Irk, near undulating land at the foothills of the South Pennines, 1.7 miles (2.7 km) north-northwest of Oldham, 3.2 miles (5.1 km) south-southeast of Rochdale and 7.6 miles (12.2 km) northeast of the city of Manchester.