Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Bottom of Woodhouses, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bottom of Woodhouses 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 Bottom of Woodhouses, 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 | Bottom of Woodhouses |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.497493 |
| Longitude | -2.146287 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Bottom of Woodhouses remains a quiet enclave where the industrial echoes of the Oldham district soften into the persistent greenery of the Greater Manchester fringe. It lies 1.0 miles south-east of Failsworth (from Failsworth: bearing 138°T, OS grid SD 903 000), and is situated south-west of Woodhouses village. The local topography dips toward the low-lying basins, where the waters of Jericho Clough gather in a narrow valley just a short walk to the south-west. A cool, damp breath rises from the nearby path of Lord’s Brook, which traces a winding course through the heavy clay soil. In the shifting afternoon light, the landscape reveals a modest beauty, defined by the contrast between the rigid lines of historic stone walls and the wild, unkempt growth of the hedgerows. Bottom of Woodhouses holds a stillness that seems to belong to an older map, indifferent to the rushing traffic of the main roads that skirt its perimeter. The air here carries the faint, sharp scent of wet earth and moss, a sensory reminder of the brooks that feed the deeper hollows of the surrounding terrain.
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Explore Bottom of Woodhouses, 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: 53.497493, -2.146287. 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. |