Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West
Explore Bottling Wood, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bottling Wood 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 Bottling Wood, 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 | Bottling Wood |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.556440 |
| Longitude | -2.619773 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Bottling Wood rises as a quiet suburban expanse on the northern fringe of Wigan, where the brickwork of modest homes meets the lingering shadows of the industrial North West. It lies 0.9 miles north-north-east of Wigan (from Wigan: bearing 28°T, OS grid SD 590 068). The land here slopes with a subtle, deliberate gravity toward the low-lying basins of the River Douglas, carrying the faint, metallic scent of iron and coal that once defined the valley’s lifeblood. A short distance away, the waters of the Yellow Brook trace a winding path through the landscape, their movement a constant, hushed conversation against the silence of the residential streets. History is kept close to the earth in Bottling Wood, marked by the ancient stones of the Haigh Sough Mine Drainage Portal that reveal how deeply the ground was once hollowed for profit. Sunlight often filters through the canopy in thin, sharp lines, illuminating the transition from the manicured lawns of the suburbs to the wilder, overgrown edges of the nearby woodland. These fringes possess a stark, unadorned beauty, where the weight of the past sits heavily upon the gorse and bramble. In the cool air of the morning, Bottling Wood holds a stillness that feels both abandoned by time and perfectly present, anchored by the sturdy, unpretentious character of its northern geography.
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Explore Bottling Wood, 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: 53.556440, -2.619773. 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. |