Birtle, Greater Manchester

Birtle, Greater Manchester

Birtle is a village called that nestles in the English Pennines and overlooks Manchester. It's also sometimes referred to as Bircle or Birkle which means Birch Hill. The local church is The Church of Saint John the Baptist but locals know it as Bircle Church.


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