Langley, Greater Manchester
- Langley, Greater Manchester
infobox UK place
country = England
latitude= 53.55516
longitude= -2.20305
official_name= Langley
population=
metropolitan_borough= Rochdale
metropolitan_county= Greater Manchester
region= North West England
constituency_westminster=
post_town= MANCHESTER
postcode_district = M24
postcode_area= M
dial_code= 0161
os_grid_reference= SD865065
static_
static_image_caption=High-rise accommodation in Langley
Langley is an area of Middleton in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. Created as a Manchester overspill estate in the 1950s and 60s, it is convert|4.4|mi|km|1|lk=on south-southwest of Rochdale and convert|5.5|mi|km|1 north-northeast of Manchester City Centre.
The Langley estate is an overspill housing development that was created in the 1950s for Manchester City Council.[cite web|url=http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/homesearch/latest/whereyoulive/s/60/60373_spotlight_on_middleton_.html|title=Spotlight on Middleton|date=2006-06-11|author=Anon|accessdate=2007-11-15|publisher=manchesteronline.co.uk] Families moved in to the new housing from the slum clearance areas of Manchester, the eventual population was about 25,000 - doubling the population size of Middleton.][ Langley today comprises one of the largest council estates in Europe.Fact|date=November 2007]
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