| Langley | |
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 High-rise accommodation in Langley. The flats pictured here have since been demolished. | |
  Langley Location withinGreater 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 |
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Langley is an suburb nearMiddleton, Greater Manchester, England, 4.4 miles (7.1 km) southwest ofRochdale and 5.5 miles (8.9 km) northeast ofManchester city centre.
Langley is anoverspill estate, created in the 1950s forManchester City Council.[1] Families moved into the new housing from theslum 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 asatanic panic[2] and in 2006 twelve of the now-adult victims sued Rochdale Council for compensation.
TheKen Loach filmRaining Stones was filmed in and around Langley in 1993.
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