This blue commemorative plaque records: Touchstones Rochdale Grade II Listed (1884 - extended in 1903 and 1913) The Rochdale Town Hall fire of 1883 burned the clock tower library and led to the opening of this ‘Free Public Library’ one year later. Later expanding to include a Museum and Art Gallery, three sandstone panels representing ‘Science, Art & Literature’ were set into the front elevation. During WWII, the building accommodated a Food Recorded plaque organisation: Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council.
TouchstonesMuseum · 6 yd
Rochdale Central Library, Museum and Art GalleryListed building · 15 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5342393.jpg/250px-John_Bright_statue_inscription_(1)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5342393.jpg "Photo: Gerald England, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0")
Statue of John BrightListed building · 74 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5342654.jpg/250px-John_Bright_statue_inscription_(4)_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5342654.jpg "Photo: Gerald England, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0")
John Bright StatueStatue · 74 yd
South Africa Monument, Rochdale Town Hall, LancashireMonument or public art · 202 yd
Rochdale War MemorialMonument · 217 yd
Rochdale CemeteryRegistered park or garden · 1534 yd
March Barn Bridge, Rochdale CanalScheduled monument · 1.4 mi
Hamer Pasture ReservoirNature reserve · 1.9 mi
Lousy HillockMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Rushy HillMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
Jubilee Colliery Nature ReserveNature reserve · 3.4 mi
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