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Local Information for Heywood

Heywood is a town located between Bury and Rochdale, Lancashire in the north-west of England. It can be reached via the M66 motorway and is also served by the East Lancashire Railway (used mainly as a tourist attraction). Its main industry in the past has been cotton milling, although this has long since declined. Heywood is now home to one of the largest distribution parks in the North-West, thanks to its excellent motorway links with Manchester and Liverpool.

Heywood is a typical Lancashire town, during the industrial revolution its main industry was cotton, many of the cotton mills have now been knocked down, mainly for housing. Whilst neighbouring towns such as Ramsbottom have flourished as a result of their heritage Heywood has remained a predominately working class town. The main employer in the town is the distribution park with many of the country's major retailers having warehouse units there. The town centre of Heywood is dominated by Morrisons supermarket and Dunn...More