Freehold tram stop

{{Short description|Manchester Metrolink tram stop}}{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}

{{Infobox station

| style = Manchester Metrolink

| name = Freehold

| type = Metrolink station

| image = Freehold Metrolink station (7).JPG

| caption = An M5000 arrives at Freehold tram stop, in November 2012

| borough = {{Comma separated entries|Chadderton|Oldham}}

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.53772|-2.13796|type:railwaystation_region:GB-OLD|display=inline,title}}

| line = Oldham and Rochdale Line

| status = In operation

| zone = 3

| opened = 13 June 2012

| opening =

| original = Metrolink

| platforms = 2

| mapframe = yes

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| map_state = collapsed

| route_map = {{Rochdale Manchester Metrolink line}}

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Freehold is a tram stop on the Oldham and Rochdale Line (ORL) of Greater Manchester's light-rail Metrolink system. It opened to passengers on 13 June 2012 as part of Phase 3a of the system's expansion,{{cite web|url=http://www.tfgm.com/tfgm_news.cfm?news_id=9009280?submenuheader=4 |title=Metrolink line to Oldham set to open |access-date=8 June 2012 |publisher=Transport for Greater Manchester }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and is located on Block Lane in Chadderton at its boundary with Oldham in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, England.{{cite web |url=http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html?coords=390982,404623 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130707052602/http://www.old-maps.co.uk/maps.html?coords=390982,404623 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-07-07 |title=the online repository of historic maps - maps page |publisher=Old-Maps |access-date=2013-06-29 }}{{cite web|url=https://tfgm.com/public-transport/tram/stops/freehold-tram/local-map|title=Freehold Local Area Map|access-date=28 January 2018|publisher=Metrolink}}

Freehold tram stop serves the Cowhill and Block Lane areas of Chadderton and the adjacent Freehold area of Werneth, Oldham from which the station takes its name. The names Cowhill and Block Lane were also considered as names for the stop prior to opening, the local council finally opting for the name Freehold. The stop is one of the newly built stops on what was the Oldham Loop Line.