Langley is an suburb near Middleton, Greater Manchester, England, 4.4 miles (7.1 km) southwest of Rochdale and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northeast of Manchester city centre.
| Langley | |
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 High-rise accommodation in Langley. The flats pictured here have since been demolished. | |
  Langley Location within Greater Manchester | |
| OS grid reference | SD865065 |
| Metropolitan borough | |
| Metropolitan county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANCHESTER |
| Postcode district | M24 |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
Langley is an overspill estate, created in the 1950s for Manchester City Council.[1] Families moved into the new housing from the slum clearance areas of Manchester, the eventual population of about 25,000 doubling that of Middleton.[1]
All the street names are adopted from different areas of the Lake District.
In 1990, Langley estate was the focus of a satanic panic[2] and in 2006 twelve of the now-adult victims sued Rochdale Council for compensation.
The Ken Loach film Raining Stones was filmed in and around Langley in 1993.
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A street in Langley with council homes built by Manchester City Council around the mid-20th century.
References
edit- ^ a b "Spotlight on Middleton". manchesteronline.co.uk. 11 June 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2007.
- ^ "Lost years of 'satanic panic' children". BBC News. 11 January 2006.
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