Waterhead, Greater Manchester

Historically in Lancashire, an upland area in the Pennines, the ward of Waterhead has population of 12,876,[1] decreasing to 12,029 at the 2011 Census.

Waterhead was the site of considerable industry and commerce, including coal mining and cotton spinning.

Waterhead is next to parts of Greenacres, Salem, Moorside and Lees, and Austerlands and Scouthead from the west side of Saddleworth.

Charles E. Shaw was a botanist (renowned for finding plants on rubbish dumps) and also a Church of England clergyman.

[7] Leeds captain Kevin Sinfield played his amateur rugby for Waterhead ARLFC.

Following a building boom during the Industrial Revolution , Waterhead became a densely populated industrial district dominated by cotton mills , such as Majestic Mill (pictured), owned by the Lancashire Cotton Corporation .