Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West
Explore Bedford, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bedford 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 Bedford, 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.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Manchester or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Bedford and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Bedford |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.495607 |
| Longitude | -2.496290 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Bedford retains the quiet, soot-stained dignity of a landscape shaped by the deep, rhythmic pulse of Victorian industry. It lies 0.9 miles east of Leigh (from Leigh: bearing 97°T, OS grid SJ 671 999), and is situated south-west of Higher Folds village. The local topography is defined by the steady, unpretentious flow of Pen Leach Brook, which cuts through the suburban fringe with a narrow, silver intensity. Where once the machinery of the Wood End Pit rattled against the skyline, the air now holds a stillness that settles over the brickwork like a thin, grey veil. Modern life in Bedford unfolds against the backdrop of Pennington Garden, a verdant pocket of land where the changing light catches the edges of the leaves in the late afternoon. This terrain carries the physical memory of a coal-mining past, preserved in the subtle shifts of the earth and the enduring presence of heavy, red-brick architecture. Residents move between the utilitarian edges of the district and the softer, green spaces with a habitual, understated grace. Bedford remains a place where the weight of the North West's industrial heritage is balanced by the quiet, persistent return of the natural world.
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Explore Bedford, 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: 53.495607, -2.496290. 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. |