Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West
Explore Blackmoor, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Blackmoor 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 Blackmoor, 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 | Blackmoor |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.502346 |
| Longitude | -2.461121 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Blackmoor endures as a quiet pocket of the Wigan district, where the industrial echoes of the North West linger in the flat, expansive horizon. It lies 0.8 miles south-south-east of Tyldesley (from Tyldesley: bearing 163°T, OS grid SD 695 007), and is situated north-north-west of Astley village. The landscape here retains the heavy, soot-stained memory of coal extraction, yet the modern gaze finds respite in the quiet corners of the surrounding terrain. To the west, the Gin Pit Colliery Wheel stands as a rusted sentinel, its iron spokes silhouetted against the grey, northern sky like a frozen clockwork relic. Nearby, the slow, murky progress of Ellenor Brook traces a path through the low-lying fields, cutting a line of damp, dark earth that separates the encroaching suburban sprawl from the remnants of older pastures. Blackmoor draws a distinct character from this juxtaposition, where the stark remnants of mining infrastructure sit in uneasy proximity to the unfolding residential streets. The quality of light in the afternoon often turns a pale, bruised violet, catching the edges of the hedgerows and grounding the place in a persistent, melancholy stillness. Every structural line in Blackmoor serves as a reminder of a working past, yet the air remains clear, devoid of the smoke that once defined the rhythm of these northern plains.
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Explore Blackmoor, 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: 53.502346, -2.461121. 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. |