Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West
Explore Beech Hill, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Beech Hill 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 Beech Hill, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of Manchester or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Beech Hill and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Beech Hill |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.559282 |
| Longitude | -2.653223 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Beech Hill anchors the suburban sprawl of the Wigan district with a steady, enduring presence. It lies 1.4 miles north-west of Wigan (from Wigan: bearing 315°T, OS grid SD 568 071), and is situated east-south-east of Crooke village. The land here rises to meet the sky, caught in a temperate light that softens the hard edges of residential brickwork and tarmac. To the north-west, the quiet pulse of Billy Pit Brook traces a narrow artery through the landscape, offering a brief respite of water and wild grass. Residents often find their way toward the Gidlow Playing Fields, where open expanses of green provide a generous breath of air against the backdrop of Victorian and mid-century dwellings. Beech Hill maintains a character defined by its proximity to these modest, verdant pockets that interrupt the urban grid. The atmosphere carries the faint, lingering scent of damp earth and cooling stone, a sensory legacy of its industrial heritage. As evening shadows lengthen, the geography of the place reveals a quiet, functional beauty in the way the streets climb toward the horizon.
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Explore Beech Hill, 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: 53.559282, -2.653223. 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. |