Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Rochdale · Region: North West
Explore Broadley Fold, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Broadley 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 Broadley 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.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Manchester or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Broadley Fold and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Broadley Fold |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Rochdale |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.645641 |
| Longitude | -2.189004 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Broadley Fold gathers the damp, grey light of the Pennines against its rugged stone gables, holding fast to the steep slopes of Lancashire. Ancient weavers once filled these modest dwellings with the rhythmic clatter of handlooms, their industry etched into the very grain of the gritstone walls. Today, the silence is broken only by the persistent, cold rush of Prickshaw Brook as it carves a dark vein through the mossy valley floor. Water remains the hamlet’s constant companion, with the still, obsidian surface of Prickshaw Dams reflecting the shifting, bruised clouds of an unpredictable sky. To the west, the rounded shoulder of Whimsy Hill rises like a dormant beast, watching over the remnants of an economy built on wool and hard-won toil. The landscape possesses a weathered, melancholic dignity, indifferent to the encroaching sprawl of the modern world. Every path here is a tactile memory, worn smooth by the boots of generations who understood the unforgiving nature of this high, wind-swept terrain. Broadley Fold persists as a quiet testament to a vanished way of life, where the moisture in the air tastes of peat and the enduring tenacity of the north.
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Explore Broadley 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: 53.645641, -2.189004. 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. |