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Greenfield is one of the Saddleworth villages, located some few miles out of Oldham. The village is mainly situated on and around two roads in the Chew Valley , one of which is the main road from Oldham to Holmfirth, which crosses the Greater Manchester/ Yorkshire border. Up until the last set of boundary changes, which took place in the late 1970s Greenfield, along with most of the other Saddleworth villages, was in fact a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. Hence locals accents are not strictly Lancastrian or Mancunian but a strange mixture of Lancastrian and Yorkshire.The old boundaries led to particular problems during the Winter months as Greenfield came under Holmfirth, significantly further away than Oldham, for such things as the fire service! Greenfield also contains three reservoirs all linked to one another, Chew Reservoir, Yeomenhay Reservoir, and one other. There is a yachting club on one of these, and a good set of walking paths round all three.
Greenfield is also the home of an amateur Rugby League side, Saddleworth Rangers, and Greenfield Cricket Club. There are two junior and infant schools, and three churches (Methodist, Anglican and Catholic).
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