Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Alt, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Alt 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Alt, Manchester, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Alt |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.524886 |
| Longitude | -2.084733 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Alt holds a quiet gravity, defined by the steady incline of the Pennine foothills rising above the industrial pulse of Greater Manchester. It lies 1.0 miles south-south-west of Lees (from Lees: bearing 209°T, OS grid SD 944 031), and is situated north-east of Park Bridge village. The landscape here is defined by the earth’s rougher edges, where the steepening rise of The Rock provides a sudden, sharp relief against the horizon. Below this summit, the land softens into the deep, shaded hollow of Rocher Vale, where the moisture clings to the mossy stone even through the driest months. The local terrain retains the echoes of a harder, working past, where coal-seamed earth once dictated the lives of those who laboured in the dark. Now, the wind travels unhindered across the open slopes, carrying the scent of damp heather and the distant, metallic tang of the valley’s historical ironworks. Alt remains a place where the sky feels unexpectedly vast, pressing down upon the houses with a weight that shifts from bruised violet to pale, brittle gold as the sun retreats. It is a boundary territory, caught between the encroachment of urban brick and the stubborn, wild persistence of the high moorland grasses.
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Explore Alt, 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: 53.524886, -2.084733. 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. |