Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Bury · Region: North West
Explore Ainsworth, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Ainsworth 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.
| Place | Ainsworth |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Bury |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.587991 |
| Longitude | -2.357909 |
| Place Type | Village |
Ainsworth lies a quiet sentinel in the Bury district of Manchester, its unassuming presence a gentle ripple in the North West’s more boisterous industrial landscape. It lies 3.1 km north-north-east of Little Lever (from Little Lever: bearing 14°T, OS grid SD 764 102). The low hills surrounding Ainsworth, often softened by a fine mist that seems to cling to the very air, hint at a history of farming and quiet industry, the fields laid out in patterns that speak of generations of patient labour. Ainsworth’s modest village green, a patch of well-trodden grass where the occasional dog walker might pause, carries the faint scent of damp earth and an enduring sense of community. Though grand pronouncements are absent, the stone cottages, their roofs a patchwork of weathered slate, seem to lean in conspiratorially, sharing secrets of a past less hurried than our own. The light here, particularly in the late afternoon, possesses a peculiar clarity, illuminating the hedgerows with an almost ethereal glow, a quiet beauty that asks for no fanfare.
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Explore Ainsworth, 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: 53.587991, -2.357909. 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 | June 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. |