Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Bolton · Region: North West
Explore Bradley Fold, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bradley Fold 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 Bradley Fold, 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 | Bradley Fold |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Bolton |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.574434 |
| Longitude | -2.376264 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Bradley Fold gathers its modest brick terraces beneath a sky that often holds the bruised, heavy violet of an approaching Pennine storm. Smoke once curled from the chimneys of its now-vanished collieries, leaving a legacy of stubborn grit that anchors the place to the industrial bones of Lancashire. Blackshaw Brook winds through the low ground nearby, its water a dark, reflective ribbon that stitches the suburban gardens to the wilder, scrubby edges of the countryside. Residents walk their spaniels where the land dips toward the expansive greenery of Moses Gate Country Park, finding a quiet sanctuary in the reed beds and still ponds. Time here feels measured not by the clock, but by the slow, rhythmic crawl of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal, where narrowboats disturb the surface like sluggish, painted beetles. The local character remains unpretentious and resilient, shaped by generations who laboured in the spinning mills and railway yards that defined this stretch of the Irwell Valley. Sunlight catches the slate roofs in the late afternoon, turning the utilitarian architecture into a sudden, fleeting study of silver and shadow. Even the silence of the evening carries the faint, nostalgic hum of a history built on coal, steam, and the relentless ambition of the north.
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Explore Bradley Fold, 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: 53.574434, -2.376264. 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. |