Birch, Greater Manchester

The White Hart pub is located on Heywood Old Road. St. Mary's Church is a Church of England church located on Langley Lane.

The Birch Hotel is a 30 bedroom hotel located on Manchester Road in the north of the town, originally built as a home for a wealthy mine owner.^[2] As of February 2026, the hotel is now closed.

The Edgar Wood Academy is a secondary school located south of Birch near Bowlee that provides education for 11-16 year olds.

David Lloyd Clubs operates its North Manchester branch in Bowlee.

Lying within the historic county boundaries of Lancashire from the early 12th century, Birch was located in the hundred of Salford.

Today Birch forms part of the Heywood and Middleton North parliamentary constituency, represented in the House of Commons by Elsie Blundell of the Labour Party.

Birch stands on undulated land north of Manchester; Rhodes is to the south, Langley is to the East, and Middleton is to the southeast. The town of Rochdale also lies to the northeast, Heywood to the north, and Bury to the northwest. Simister and Prestwich are also to the southwest. The land use immediately surrounding Birch is predominantly rural

Birch experiences a temperate maritime climate, like much of the British Isles, with relatively cool summers and mild winters. There is regular but generally light precipitation throughout the year.^{[citation needed]}

Whittle Brook is a stream that flows south before eventually joining Hollins Brook & the River Roch near Hollins.