Mossley
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![A view of Mossley from near Mossley railway station.](/Images/godic/202501/28/Mossley0119.jpg")
![Mossley's proximity to the Saddleworth Moor and the Pennines makes it prone to precipitation.](/Images/godic/202501/28/Mossley_snow080120.jpg")
Mossley is a small town and civil parish in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. The town is in the upper Tame Valley in the foothills of the Pennines, 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Oldham and 8.9 miles (14.3 km) east of Manchester.
The historic counties of Lancashire, Cheshire and the West Riding of Yorkshire meet in Mossley and local government wards and church parishes correspond to their boundaries. In 2001, Mossley had a population of 9,856. This had increased to 10,921 at the 2011 Census. It is the only parished area of Tameside, having had a parish council since 1999.