Country: | England |
Map Type: | Greater Manchester |
Coordinates: | 53.576°N -2.03°W |
Static Image Name: | Royal Oak, Heights.JPG |
Static Image Caption: | The Royal Oak public house, Heights |
Official Name: | Heights |
Civil Parish: | Saddleworth |
Metropolitan Borough: | Oldham |
Metropolitan County: | Greater Manchester |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Oldham East and Saddleworth |
Post Town: | OLDHAM |
Postcode District: | OL3 |
Postcode Area: | OL |
Dial Code: | 01457 |
Os Grid Reference: | SD981089 |
Heights is a hamlet in the Saddleworth parish of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It is directly north of Delph, and four miles northeast of Oldham. It lies within the ancient county boundaries of the West Riding of Yorkshire.
Heights consists of a former pub (the Royal Oak Heights) which closed in 2020, some residential buildings and St Thomas' Church, Friarmere. The church is no longer in regular use; burials still take place and the graveyard is maintained. The churchyard and graveyard were featured in the film The Parole Officer starring Steve Coogan.
Becket Whitehead, folksong collector ("A Beggin' I Will Go", "Gallant Poacher", "Four Loom Weaver", "Mowing Match", "Jim the Carter's Lad"), lived in Heights Lane Cottage and was buried at St. Thomas Church 1966.