Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Acres, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Acres 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.
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| Place | Acres |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.558337 |
| Longitude | -2.165790 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Acres maintains a quiet, unassuming presence within the rolling industrial topography of the Oldham district. It lies 1.4 miles east-north-east of Middleton (from Middleton: bearing 67°T, OS grid SD 891 068), and is situated west-south-west of Healds Green village. The land here slopes with a subtle, insistent gravity toward the River Irk, where the water catches the grey light of a Manchester afternoon. To the southeast, the open grounds of Chadderton Hall Park offer a stark relief against the surrounding masonry and persistent infrastructure. Acres remains defined by this proximity to moving water and the remnants of a landscape once shaped by the steady, rhythmic demands of local industry. A sense of solitude persists in the narrow lanes, where the damp air carries the faint, metallic scent of the nearby brooks. Even as the modern world encroaches, the horizon remains punctuated by the distant, rising silhouettes of Cinder Hill. Acres persists as a fragment of the North West, where the sky feels vast and indifferent above the modest rooftops.
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Explore Acres, 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: 53.558337, -2.165790. 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 built | August 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |