Littleborough is a town within the
Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in
Greater Manchester, England. It is located in the upper
Roch Valley by the foothills of the
South Pennines, northeast of
Rochdale and north-northeast of
Manchester;
Milnrow and the
M62 motorway are to the south, and the rural uplands of
Blackstone Edge are to the east. In 2001, Littleborough and its suburbs of
Calderbrook, Shore and
Smithy Bridge, had a population of 13,807, falling to 12,370 at the 2011 Census.