Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West
Explore Bank Heath, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bank Heath 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 | Bank Heath |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.473574 |
| Longitude | -2.589698 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Bank Heath exhales a quiet presence within the wider expanse of Greater Manchester. It lies 0.6 km east-south-east of Golborne (from Golborne: bearing 110°T, OS grid SJ 609 975). The land here, gently sloping towards the Sankey Brook, holds a memory of its agricultural past, a subtle richness in the soil that still hints at the turnip fields and grazing sheep of bygone eras. Modern dwellings now punctuate the landscape, their brickwork catching the often-muted Lancashire light, but the broader contours of the terrain retain a certain openness, a sense of the sky stretching wide above. Though no grand monuments mark its geography, a certain understated character pervades Bank Heath, a feeling of a place that has evolved organically rather than been imposed upon the land.
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Explore Bank Heath, 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: 53.473574, -2.589698. 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. |