Healds Green
Healds Green Location within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD 89692 07119
Metropolitan borough	Oldham
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	OLDHAM
Postcode district	OL1
Dialling code	0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Oldham West and Royton
List of places UK England Greater Manchester 53°33′38″N 2°09′26″W / 53.560585°N 2.1570880°W / 53.560585; -2.1570880

Healds Green is a hamlet in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, Greater Manchester, England.

It is in Chadderton's semi rural northern area, just to the north of Chadderton Fold, the ancient focal point of the township.

Most of the area around Healds Green is greenbelt.^{[1][2] [3]}

History

A hamlet of forty-one houses and cottages, Healds Green boasts what is believed to be one of Chadderton's oldest surviving buildings. Dating from 1789 and known as The Institute, it was built as a chapel for Methodists and as a hall for everyone. The Institute is now a place where social functions are sometimes held. The building was also used as a grammar school.

In 1811 Healds Green was the meeting place for Chadderton's main contingent of townsfolk who marched to Manchester for the ill-fated political demonstration that came to be known as the Peterloo Massacre.^[4]

Healds Green Methodist Church was founded in 1865. The church held its last service in September 2016 and has now closed due to dwindling congregations. In September 2019 the local authority approved plans to convert the church into a five-bedroom luxury home, the works to be completed within a timescale of three years.^[5][6][7]