Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Bolton · Region: North West
Explore Bradshaw, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Bradshaw 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 Bradshaw, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of Manchester or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Bradshaw and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Bradshaw |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Bolton |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.604779 |
| Longitude | -2.406366 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Bradshaw retains a quiet, stoic presence where the urban sprawl of Greater Manchester yields to the persistent, rugged character of the Pennine foothills. It lies 2.1 miles north-north-east of Bolton (from Bolton: bearing 28°T, OS grid SD 732 121), and is situated west-south-west of Affetside village. The landscape here is defined by the steady descent of water, as the flow of the brooks carves shallow, persistent channels into the earth. To the south-east, the verdant expanse of Longsight Park offers a respite where the light catches the silvered bark of ancient trees during the low, amber afternoons of winter. Bradshaw holds the memory of its industrial past in the stone foundations of its older dwellings, which stand with a weathered gravity against the encroaching modernity. The proximity of the tranquil Jumbles Reservoir to the north provides a vast, reflective mirror for the sky, grounding the district in the quiet authority of its surrounding water. Life in Bradshaw moves with a measured pace, governed by the shifting moods of the northern wind and the subtle change of seasons across the valley slopes. Through the nearby Doctor’s Clough, the air grows cooler and carries the scent of damp moss and shale, marking the transition from the domestic to the wilder edge of the moorland.
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Explore Bradshaw, 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: 53.604779, -2.406366. 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. |