Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Black Clough, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Black Clough 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 Black Clough, 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 Black Clough and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Black Clough |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.581806 |
| Longitude | -2.076601 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Black Clough emerges from the rugged upland fringes of the Pennines as a quiet gathering of stone and slope. It lies 0.8 miles east-north-east of Shaw (from Shaw: bearing 73°T, OS grid SD 950 094). The land here carries the sharp, clean scent of moorland air, where the wind scours the high ridges before falling into the deep, shadowed gullies of the district. To the east, the rising earth of Dog Hill commands the horizon, casting a long, heavy silence over the valley floor as the sun dips low. Below these heights, the dark, rushing waters of Brushes Clough Brook cut through the gritstone, carving a path that has defined the movement of people and industry for generations. Black Clough retains the austere character of its industrial ancestry, where the remnants of stone walls and old watercourses mark a landscape once harnessed for its raw, kinetic power. The light here is often thin and silver, catching the slate roofs and the rough texture of the fields with a sudden, piercing clarity. It is a place that holds its history in the steepness of its gradients and the cold, persistent clarity of its mountain springs.
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Explore Black Clough, 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: 53.581806, -2.076601. 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. |