Birtle is a hamlet within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester,[1] England.

Historically a part of Lancashire, Birtle is archaically referred to as Bircle or Birkle, which means Birch Hill.

Together with neighbouring Bamford, it formed the civil parish of Birtle-with-Bamford (also known as Birtle-cum-Bamford).

It was in Middleton ecclesiastical parish and in Bury poor law Union.

In 1933, Birtle-with-Bamford was dissolved with Birtle being amalgamated into the Municipal Borough of Heywood.