Chadderton
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![Chadderton Fold by the River Irk, the ancient centre of the township of Chadderton, where Dark Age and medieval relics have been discovered](/Images/godic/202501/03/River_Irk,_Chadderton1812.jpg")
![Built in 1926, Elk mill (on the Royton-Chadderton boundary)[16] was one of the UK's largest and most modern cotton mills. It closed in 1998 and was demolished in 1999.](/Images/godic/202501/03/Elk_Mill1812.jpg")
Chadderton (pop. 34,818) is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies along the course of the River Irk and the Rochdale Canal, on undulating land in the foothills of the Pennines, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Oldham, 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Rochdale, and 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of the city of Manchester.