Complex sentence: Middleton is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, on the River Irk south-southwest of Rochdale and north-northeast of Manchester city centre.
Split into simpler sentences: Middleton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale, in Greater Manchester, England. It stands on the River Irk, south-southwest of Rochdale, and north-northeast of Manchester city centre.