Holcombe is a village in Ramsbottom ward, Metropolitan Borough of Bury, in Greater Manchester, England.

Much of the moorland around the village is in the care of the National Trust and is popular with walkers, cyclists and bird watchers.

[3] During the Middle Ages Holcombe hosted the regular court sessions of the Royal Manor of Tottington.

L21, a Zeppelin commanded by Oberleutnant Kurt Frankenburg of the Imperial German Navy, dropped five bombs on the village on its way to Bolton.

[5] Between 1977 and 1995, the television series The Krypton Factor used the British Army Rifle Range training course at Holcombe Moor in one of its contestant rounds.