Scouthead

Scouthead
Yorkshire West Riding
St Paul's, Scouthead
Location
Grid reference:	SD968058
Location:	53°32’56"N, 2°2’51"W
Data
Post town:	Oldham
Postcode:	OL4
Dialling code:	0161
Local Government
Council:	Oldham
Parliamentary constituency:	Oldham East and Saddleworth

Scouthead is a hamlet within Saddleworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, standing on a hillside amongst the Pennines. The A62 road rushes through it between Oldham and Huddersfield, which was once the old Wool Road between Lancashire and Yorkshire which brought wealth to the hamlet. Scouthead contains several hostelries which were once important staging posts along the road.

Scouthead hosts an annual band contest on Whit Friday.

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