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Glodwick
Coordinates: 53.53712° N 2.08446° W Glodwick shown within Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SD944045
Metropolitan borough	Oldham
Metropolitan county	Greater Manchester
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	OLDHAM
Postcode district	OL1-OL2,
Dial code	0161
Police	Greater Manchester
Fire	Greater Manchester
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Oldham East and Saddleworth
	Oldham West and Royton
European Parliament	North West England
List of places: UK • England • Greater Manchester

Glodwick is a district within Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England.

Glodwick is a multi-ethnic district in the south of the town of Oldham, but is home particularly to a large community of people of Pakistani heritage. There is also a considerable but much smaller community of people of Bangladeshi and African heritage.

Glodwick is marked architecturally by Oldham's history with the Industrial revolution, particularly cotton spinning. Much of Glodwick's housing remain as red-brick terraces, built originally as dwellings for Oldham's many cotton mill workers.

Contents 1 Riots 2 Alexandra Park 3 Lowside Brickworks 4 References

Main article: Oldham Riots

In May 2001, Glodwick was the centre of controversy as it was at the heart of the Oldham Riots - large scale rioting said to be fuelled by long-term under-lying racial-tensions between local white and South Asian communities. The rioting gained international media coverage, and was said to be the worst racially-motivated riots in the United Kingdom for fifteen years prior, briefly eclipsing the sectarian violence seen in Northern Ireland.^[1]

It has been asserted by both locals and the media that Glodwick is a "no-go area" for White people due to certain sects of the local South Asian population being hostile towards them. However, this remains a myth of preference.^[2]

One of Glodwick's best known features is Alexandra Park. Another prominent and well used buildings is Glodwick Pool (formerly Glodwick Baths) - a purpose built structure administered by Oldham Community Leisure.

Close to Glodwick is a disused quarry which has been designated as a Site of special scientific interest (SSSI) known as Lowside Brickworks. The site is only 1.4 hectares (3.5 acres) but has considerable geological interest. It has yielded bivalves from the Carboniferous showing how they interacted with the sediment, which also helps understanding of their morphological variation. Lowside Brickworks is one of 21 SSSIs in the Greater Manchester area.^{[3] [4]}

1. ^ "The Ritchie Report" Oldhamir.org.uk, December 11, 2001, URL accessed June 13, 2006
2. ^ "The summer of rebellion: special report", Independent Race and Refugee News Network, August 1, 2001, URL accessed December 26, 2006
3. ^ Lowside Brickworks citation sheet. English Nature. Retrieved on 2006-11-17.
4. ^ Map of Lowside Brickworks. Nature on the Map. Retrieved on 2006-11-17.