Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Rochdale · Region: North West
Explore Birch, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Birch 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 Birch, 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 | Birch |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Rochdale |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.565059 |
| Longitude | -2.226285 |
| Place Type | Village |
Birch holds the quiet, open character of a landscape where the industrial grit of Greater Manchester softens into the persistent green of the Pennine foothills. It lies 1.6 miles north-west of Middleton (from Middleton: bearing 310°T, OS grid SD 851 076), and is situated north-north-east of Bowlee village. The terrain here rises with a modest, stubborn elevation, catching a pale, shifting light that traces the contours of the fields. To the south, the expansive grasses of Bowlee Community Park offer a reprieve from the encroaching urban sprawl, acting as a lung for the surrounding acres. Birch remains defined by these margins, where the memory of older agricultural boundaries still dictates the shape of the lanes. Water moves through the periphery with a low, rhythmic persistence, particularly where the dark, reed-fringed waters of Asker Dam settle into the hollows of the earth. These waters reflect a sky that often feels wider and more imposing than the encroaching suburbs would suggest. Through the turning seasons, Birch retains an unpretentious stillness, defined less by its buildings and more by the cool, damp breath of the hills.
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Explore Birch, 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: 53.565059, -2.226285. 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. |