Town Hall

The Town Hall is a Grade I listed building and is one of finest examples of Victorian gothic architecture in Europe. It was built at the height of Rochdale’s prosperity, completed in 1871 and has a very ornate interior.

In 1883, a fire destroyed the original clock tower and the library that was housed in it. The replacement clock tower was completed in 1887. It is 58 metres tall and houses five bells!

The front of the building is covered in millstone grit, quarried in the hills above Rochdale. Millstone grit is a type of sandstone that formed over 300 million years ago.

For over ten years, during the spring, there have been peregrine falcons nesting on the clock tower. They are being specially monitored while the building undergoes a huge makeover, and when the Town Hall reopens, you’ll be able to catch up on their antics through a special webcam!