Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Tameside · Region: North West
Explore Buckton Vale, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Buckton Vale 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 Buckton Vale, 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 | Buckton Vale |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Tameside |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.502748 |
| Longitude | -2.028139 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Buckton Vale emerges from the rugged, gritstone folds of the Tameside landscape, where the heavy Pennine sky presses down upon the dark, industrious slopes. It lies 1.3 miles south-east of Mossley (from Mossley: bearing 145°T, OS grid SD 982 006). The terrain here carries the cooling shadow of the hills, where the water of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal Sssi slices through the earth, a thin, silver vein reflecting the grey transition of a northern afternoon. Beyond the industrial remnants of the valley floor, the ground rises toward the remnants of Buckton Castle, a high, silent ringwork that keeps a lonely vigil over the surrounding moorland. Residents often walk the paths of Stalybridge Country Park, where the air tastes of damp heather and the encroaching wildness of the high country. The stone houses of Buckton Vale hold the heat of old hearths, their walls reflecting a stoic, unvarnished endurance against the persistent wind. Water from the nearby streams pulls at the edges of the land, carving small, rhythmic channels that have shaped the character of this place for generations. There is a quiet, persistent gravity in the way the light catches the soot-stained masonry, reminding one that the history of this ground is measured in hard labour and the slow, inevitable return of the grass.
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Explore Buckton Vale, 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: 53.502748, -2.028139. 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. |