(Suburban Area)
Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Brownlow, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Brownlow 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 Brownlow, 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 Brownlow and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Brownlow |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.563216 |
| Longitude | -2.103335 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Brownlow emerges as a quiet threshold between the dense industrial legacy of the Oldham district and the persistent, rolling character of the Pennine foothills. It lies 0.8 miles east of Royton (from Royton: bearing 101°T, OS grid SD 932 074). The geography here bears the faint, lingering imprint of a landscape once defined by the rhythmic clatter of textile looms and the steady extraction of coal. Brownlow retains a modest, functional dignity, with its brick-built terraces reflecting the muted, silver-grey light that frequently descends from the northern skies. To the east, the verdant, steep-sided depression of Hodge Clough offers a sudden, natural reprieve from the urban grid, where the air holds a cooler, sharper quality. Residents often look toward the gentle rise of Stoneleigh Park, where the manicured green spaces provide a necessary counterpoint to the rigid geometry of the local streets. The passage of time in Brownlow is marked not by grand monuments, but by the subtle shifting of shadows across the weathered masonry of its older dwellings. This corner of the North West serves as a testament to a resilient, working-class endurance that remains as grounded as the heavy, dark soil beneath its foundations.
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Explore Brownlow, 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: 53.563216, -2.103335. 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. |