High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Littleborough is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England.It lies amongst the South Pennines, 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Rochdale and 12.6 miles (20.3 km) north-northeast of the city of Manchester.Historically a part of Lancashire, what is now known as Littleborough emerged as a settlement on the lands which had formed the ancient township of Hundersfield.During the Middle Ages, Littleborough was a small centre of domestic woollen cloth production - an industry which was stimulated as a result of Littleborough's proximity to the West Riding of Yorkshire. Following the Industrial Revolution, Littleborough became a mill town, its landscape dominated by distinctive and large rectangular brick-built woollen and cotton mills.