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Abram Brow Manchester Map

Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West

Explore Abram Brow, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Abram Brow map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.

Interactive Map of Abram Brow, Manchester

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PlaceAbram Brow
Traditional CountyManchester
District / BoroughWigan
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.507908
Longitude-2.590265
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Abram Brow

Abram Brow rises as a quiet ridge above the low-lying basins of the Wigan coalfield, where the earth retains the heavy memory of its industrial past. It lies 1.8 miles south-south-west of Hindley (from Hindley: bearing 192°T, OS grid SD 609 014), and is situated south-east of Abram village. The terrain here feels expansive, marked by the expansive wetland habitats of The Flashes Of Wigan And Leigh, which draw the sky down into the mirrors of shallow, flooded subsidence pools. Residents of Abram Brow often walk the short distance to the Abram Centenary Garden, a place where manicured flowerbeds provide a sharp, bright contrast to the wilder, reeds-choked margins of the nearby water. Beneath the surface, centuries of mining have left the ground susceptible to the slow, shifting adjustments of the water table. Winter light catches the dark, metallic surfaces of the local brooks, tracing lines through a landscape that has traded its heavy machinery for the quiet reclamation of nature. The horizon remains wide and unencumbered, allowing the weather to roll across the rooftops with an unobstructed, singular force. Such openness gives Abram Brow a distinct, windswept character, defined more by the movement of clouds and water than by the rigid geometry of suburban streets.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • The Flashes Of Wigan And Leigh (National Nature Reserve)locality lies within · 738 ha
  • Abram Centenary Garden (Park) — 0.1 mi, 334° NNW
  • Abram Park (Park) — 0.3 mi, 007° N
  • Abram Flashes Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 0.5 mi, 165° SSE · 40 ha
  • Coffin Lane Brook (River) — 0.5 mi, 232° SW
  • Brookside Brook (River) — 0.6 mi, 009° N
  • Viridor Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 0.7 mi, 249° WSW
  • Viridor Wood Sculptures (Public Artwork) — 0.8 mi, 237° WSW
  • Bickershaw Junction (Historic Ruins) — 1.3 mi, 135° SE
  • Bryn Marsh & Ince Moss Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.4 mi, 305° NW · 71 ha
  • Ackers Whitley's Basin (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.9 mi, 126° SE
  • Fir Tree Flash (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.0 mi, 094° E
  • Golborne Colliery Memorial (Monument) — 2.1 mi, 187° S
  • Pearson's Flash (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.2 mi, 314° NW
  • Danes Valley (Valley) — 2.4 mi, 022° NNE
  • Site of Hawkley Hall (Historic Ruins) — 2.4 mi, 296° WNW
  • Leigh Town Hall Archives (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 104° ESE
  • Museum of Wigan Life (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 327° NNW
  • Trencherfield Mill (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 320° NW
  • The Orwell at Wigan Pier (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 319° NW
  • Bridge Warehouse (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 320° NW
  • Wigan Little Theatre (Theatre) — 3.1 mi, 331° NNW
  • The Edge (Theatre) — 3.1 mi, 316° NW
  • Borsdane Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 3.2 mi, 016° NNE
  • Mabs Cross On Standishgate, 20M West Of Mabs Cross School Building (Scheduled Monument) — 3.3 mi, 334° NNW
  • Blundell Monument (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 307° NW
  • Castle Hill Motte And Bailey And Bowl Barrow (Scheduled Monument) — 3.4 mi, 193° SSW
  • Tithe Barn Hillock (Hill / Mountain) — 3.6 mi, 245° WSW
  • Gidlow Hall Moated Site, Aspull, 560M Nne Of Pennington Hall (Scheduled Monument) — 3.6 mi, 016° NNE
  • Hope Carr (Wetland) — 3.7 mi, 118° ESE

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About This Abram Brow Map Page

Explore Abram Brow, Manchester, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.507908, -2.590265. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.

Page builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.