The Manchester Evening News reports that a police search has begun after the leg was found by a dog walker.
It says the leg was found on a hillside behind the Healey Conservative Club on Market Street yesterday afternoon. Tests are taking place on the leg: it's unclear if it belonged to a man or a woman.
Police were called at shortly before 2.45pm today to a report that a member of the public had found a human leg on land behind Healey Conservative Club at Whitworth. Police are now searching the area to see if there are any further body parts and enquiries are ongoing to try to establish to whom the leg belongs.
ITV News reports that police have now found the rest of the body.