An air ambulance helicopter was spotted flying over the town centre this Sunday.

The North West Air Ambulance was snapped over Yorkshire Street in Oldham town centre this weekend.

The picture, taken at 3.30pm, shows the helicopter mid-flight.

North West Air Ambulance confirmed the helicopter was in the air as it was called out.

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A North West Air Ambulance spokesperson said: “We can confirm that the North West Air Ambulance Charity was called out to an incident on Sunday 3rd September, near Oldham. 

“The air ambulance crew was not required and stood down en route.”

North West Air Ambulance said it had no more details to share about the incident.

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Adam, who asked for his last name to be withheld, spotted the air ambulance.

The Oldhamer said: “It was great to see it so low. I thought it was going to land somewhere, but it headed down the hill.

“People just stopped and looked up. Unusual!”

Last month, the air ambulance landed in Saddleworth to treat a woman in her 70s who had been struck by a car in Saddleworth.

The woman was then taken to hospital by road.

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A registered charity, the air ambulance does not receive funding by the government or the NHS, and is reliant on donations.

According to the organisation, it has to raise more than £12 million each year to keep attending incidents, of which it attended more than 2,500 last year.

Charity Commission data shows the organisation raised £11.2 million last year, of which around £4 million was from donations, and £7 million was from ‘other trading activities’.