Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Bleak Hey Nook, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bleak Hey Nook 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 Bleak Hey Nook, 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 | Bleak Hey Nook |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.581075 |
| Longitude | -1.993543 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Bleak Hey Nook emerges from the rugged Pennine fringe as a collection of stone dwellings that seem to have grown directly from the dark, peat-stained earth. It lies 4.2 miles east of Shaw (from Shaw: bearing 87°T, OS grid SE 005 093), and is situated north-north-east of Diggle village. The horizon here is dominated by the sombre bulk of Hunters Hill, where the wind carries a sharp, metallic clarity that tastes of high altitudes and ancient, dormant stone. To the west, the quiet depression of Waters Clough channels the rain toward the reservoirs, leaving the slopes of Bleak Hey Nook to endure the relentless, sideways drift of the northern weather. This landscape offers little shelter to those who work the high pastures, yet the resilience of the local masonry suggests a defiance against the encroaching moorland. The light often bruises into deep purples and greys, casting long, melancholy shadows across the gritstone walls that mark the boundaries of these high fields. Every chimney in Bleak Hey Nook exhales a thin, grey plume of smoke that vanishes almost instantly into the vast, indifferent sky.
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Explore Bleak Hey Nook, 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: 53.581075, -1.993543. 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. |