text: The territory of the civil parish is given as 4.5 s. For purposes of the Office for National Statistics , Shaw and Crompton forms part of the Greater Manchester Urban Area , with Manchester city center itself 8.7 m southwest of Shaw and Crompton .
simplified: Shaw and Crompton was part of Lancashire until the 1970s , but is now part of Greater Manchester . Shaw and Crompton is near to Oldham .