In 1974 it was taken over by the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale.

Since 1992, Heywood has been one of four township committee areas of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale.

From the 1970s to the 1990s, most secondary schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale offered sixth form education such as A-levels to school leavers.

Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale (which includes Rochdale, as well as other settlements)

Today, the territory of the former township lies entirely within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester.

Rochdale is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale.

Healey is a place in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England.

Its area formed part of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in the new county of Greater Manchester.

The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale has formal twinning arrangements with six places.

The constituency is one of two covering the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale.