Birthplace of

The modern co-op.

Day trip by bus, tram and train to Rochdale.
Lunch at the newly refurbished "Regal Moon", formerly a cinema and now part of the Wetherspoon's chain.
All courtesy of "Tony's Tours".


In 1844 when the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers established the ‘Rochdale Principles’ on which they ran their cooperative, the basis for development and growth of the modern cooperative movement was established.

On its site is now a small museum on the quaintly named Toad Lane.