Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Birks, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Birks 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 Birks, 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 | Birks |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.549309 |
| Longitude | -2.067426 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Birks commands a rugged elevation where the industrial pulse of Oldham softens into the breath of the Pennine foothills. It lies 0.8 miles north-north-east of Lees (from Lees: bearing 15°T, OS grid SD 956 058), and is situated west of Scouthead village. The landscape around Birks rises in deliberate, muscular folds, offering a vantage point where the evening light catches the dark stone of local cottages with a pale, silver clarity. To the north, the waters of Lower Strinesdale Reservoir gather the heavy sky, reflecting a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic clatter of the town’s historical textile past. Residents often walk the paths toward the valley of Strine Dale, where the air grows sharp and carries the scent of damp earth and coming rain. These slopes remain defined by a quiet resilience, their contours shaped by the same geological pressures that once fed the region's mills. Birks endures as a place of subtle transitions, where the hard lines of masonry meet the softening influence of the surrounding moorland.
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Explore Birks, 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: 53.549309, -2.067426. 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. |