Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West
Explore Aspull Common, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Aspull Common 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 Aspull Common, 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 | Aspull Common |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.478271 |
| Longitude | -2.545223 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Aspull Common reveals a landscape where the heavy stillness of coal-shadowed earth meets the persistent, quiet reclamation of the wild. It lies 1.7 miles south-west of Leigh (from Leigh: bearing 219°T, OS grid SJ 639 980), and is situated south-east of Crankwood village. Low, sprawling horizons define the terrain here, where the ghost of industrial exertion lingers in the sunken hollows of the ground. Light catches the surface of The Flash just to the north, casting a silvered gleam over the water that seems to hold the sky in an unblinking, glassy stare. Further afield, the expansive grounds of Pennington Flash Country Park offer a sanctuary where reeds sway in the damp, northern wind, softening the edges of the horizon. Aspull Common retains a rugged, unpolished character, shaped by the legacy of the collieries that once pulled the wealth of the subterranean dark into the daylight. The air carries the damp, earthy scent of the wetlands, a reminder that the land is forever drawing back toward its original, marshy state. This terrain demands a patient eye to appreciate the subtle shifts in colour as the seasons bruise the grasses and scrubland into shades of russet and grey.
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Explore Aspull Common, 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: 53.478271, -2.545223. 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. |