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We are located in Rochdale, Lancashire, 10 miles north of the city centre of Manchester, the North Eastern part of Greater Manchester.

Our new premises provides us with a larger area to operate within, and with much greater efficiency. This includes greater office space, larger warehousing, and more effective cash & carry facilities.

At present, most internet searches for Dicken Green Mill will refer to Kershaws Auctions and Sealocrete, who vacated the premises sometime ago, so please do not be put off by this.

You can locate us by using the map below.

Greenfield Lane is not signposted. However, our road is right next to The Sandwich Shop (drop in for a bit, they do a lovely breakfast), on Queensway which is next to the Fiat / Hyundai car showroom / garage. Also we are diagonally opposite to Dunphy on Queensway, near the new Queensway/Kingsway and Oldham Road roundabout junction.

There are 2 victorian industrial mill chimneys in the area; one belongs to Dunphy, the other belongs to us, just behind the houses and the Sandwich Shop  Just follow this.

To the entrance there is a barrier with a buzzer. If on one answers then please ring either 01706 526548, 07917 091328 or 07815 572729.

Click on a picture below to enlarge

On a Historical Note

Rochdale Town Hall	Rochdale Pastimes	Canal between Rochdale and Todmorden	Littleborough in winter

Rochdale is located in a valley at the foot of the Pennine Moors, and at the foot the highest motorway in England, the M62 at Saddleworth Moor.

Rochdale is the birthplace, and today's head office, of the Co-Op, and birthplace of Gracie Fields and Lisa Stansfields, and don't forget Rochdale FC, recently promoted to League One in 2010 (narrowly missed the play-offs to the Championship in 2011).

Rochdale is also very famous for it's Town Hall (see first picture above). It's Victorian gothic design is twinned with that of Manchester Town Hall. Very few towns in the United Kingdom, and the world, can boast of such exquisite gothic, Victorian achitecture.

The surrounding areas are very popular for tourists together with some outstanding beauty. The market town of Todmorden, just a few miles away in West Yorkshire, is notorious for UFO sightings. Denshaw and Dent, just over the hills in West Yorkshire, take you to another world, typical northern villages, reminiscent of the industrial past. Hebden Bridge, (again West Yorkshire) just 30 minutes drive away, is a thriving tourist town for canal users, bikers, hippies, and all. Snake Pass, at Glossop (Derbyshire) is 30 minutes drive away, due to effective motorway connections. Towns within 30 minutes drive also include Lancashire (Oldham, Littleborough, Bacup, Bury, Bolton), Cheshire (Ashton-under-Lyne, Stockport, Altrincham, Sale), and West Yorkshire (Huddersfield  and Halifax).

Beyond, within 1 hours drive, is the Heart of the Peak Disrict at Edale, Haworth (birthplace of the Bronte Sisters), Pendle Moor (notorious for witches), Skipton (at the foot of the Yorkshire Dales), Accrington, Blackburn, Burnley, Bradford, Clitheroe, Keithley, Leeds and Wigan.

Also, Rochdale's central location within the United Kingdom, makes it an ideal base to tour the whole of Northern England and Southern Scotland. Within 1.5 and 2 hours drive is Liverpool City Centre, the Wirral, Sheffield, Harrogate, York, Chester, Blackpool, Snowdonia in North Wales, the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales, the North Yorkshire Moors, Scarborough, and more. If you drive fast enough you can reach the Scottish Borders, and Newscastle-upon-Tyne in 2 hours. Glasgow is 3.5 hours drive away.

Let's not forget Rochdale's big brother, Manchester, the Metropolitan County with whom we are a part of, as are Oldham, Bury, Bolton, Ashton, Wigan, Stockport, Trafford and Salford.

One note. Salford is actually a City. Like London which has the rare status of having two cities in one, City of London and the City of Westminster, Manchester also boasts the same status, the City of Manchester, and the City of Salford. All four cities have been designated by Queen Victoria with City Status, due to the the existent of a Catherdral.



In 2011, the town centre is in total dis-array, due to the extended construction of Britain's first modern tram link (ie the Manchester Metrolink) from Manchester into Rochdale.

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