A TikTok user has gone on a fact-finding mission to find Uppermill’s ‘one big downside’ after a newspaper article caused confusion.

Artist Zoë Bread was inspired by an article in the Manchester Evening News entitled ‘The Greater Manchester village which will add ten years to your life – but has one downside’.

In the video, Zoë, who has more than 900,000 followers, says she ‘read the whole article’ but could not find out what the downside was.

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After unsuccessfully trying to contact the journalist responsible for the article, Zoë decided to get a taxi to Uppermill to find out for herself.

The Oldham Times: T-shirts to mark the adventure are being sold on Zoë's site for £25T-shirts to mark the adventure are being sold on Zoë's site for £25 (Image: Zoë Bread)

After a conversation with the taxi driver did not provide any clue as to the supposed downside, Zoë visits a local hardware store, which appears to be The D I Y Centre on the High Street, to try to find out any clues.

People in the shop theorised that the amount of snow may be the downside, and Zoë gets back in the taxi, calling her trip ‘underwhelming’.

Now, Zoë is selling t-shirts with her artwork produced as a result of the trip.

@zoebreadtok #uppermill #manchester ♬ original sound - zoë bread

The T-shirts, priced at £25, are titled ‘unknown downside’.

The artwork says ‘I live in fear of an unknown downside’.

It is not the first time Oldham has gone TikTok famous.

Earlier this month, an Oldham dad and his six-year-old son went viral for their account which saw the child egging houses at the encouragement of his father.

Oldham musician Seb Lowe also found his fame through the app.

The app has even inspired Oldham pupils to protest against school policies restricting the use of toilets.

Alan, who works at The D I Y Centre, told The Oldham Times that he had not seen the viral TikTok video, and could not recall Zoë’s visit.

The Oldham Times: Zoë appeared to visit The D I Y CentreZoë appeared to visit The D I Y Centre (Image: Google)

The video has already gained more than 380,000 views on TikTok.

Alan said: “I don’t follow social media at all, I have no interest or any knowledge of what goes on on TikTok, as far as I’m concerned all social media sites should be shut down.

“They do more harm than good.”

Zoë has been contacted for comment.