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Busk Manchester Map

Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West

Explore Busk, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Busk 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.

Interactive Map of Busk, Manchester

How to Use This Busk, Manchester Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Busk, 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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PlaceBusk
Traditional CountyManchester
District / BoroughOldham
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.548959
Longitude-2.132248
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Busk

Busk occupies a firm, industrial shoulder of the Oldham district, where the North West of England sheds its moorland skin for the brick and mortar of a storied manufacturing past. It lies 0.4 miles north-east of Chadderton (from Chadderton: bearing 39°T, OS grid SD 913 058). Low, grey clouds often drift across the rooftops, catching the light in a way that softens the edges of the terraced rows and the remnants of old mill chimneys. A short walk away, the Shahid Minar monument stands as a stark, vertical punctuation mark against the horizon, grounding the local landscape in a shared, global history. Beyond the immediate streets, the verdant, steep-sided relief of Plumpton Clough offers a sudden, quiet sanctuary where the water carves through the earth with an unceasing, rhythmic persistence. Busk maintains a grounded character, its atmosphere shaped by the steady, unpretentious pulse of a working suburb that has long adapted to the shifting tides of the regional economy. The light here has a peculiar, silvery quality in the late afternoon, illuminating the brickwork and casting long, sharp shadows that seem to stretch back toward the legacy of the cotton looms. This place remains a testament to the endurance of the local spirit, existing as a distinct chapter in the wider chronicle of Manchester.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Shahid Minar (Monument) — 0.2 mi, 149° SSE
  • Shapla (Public Artwork) — 0.2 mi, 135° SE
  • Plumpton Clough (Valley) — 0.6 mi, 339° NNW
  • Chadderton Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 0.6 mi, 267° W · 11 ha
  • Plumton Clough (River) — 0.7 mi, 352° N
  • Agnes Robinson Pocket Park (Park) — 0.8 mi, 195° SSW
  • Oldham War Memorial (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 118° ESE
  • ODEON Oldham (Cinema) — 1.0 mi, 120° ESE
  • Werneth Park (Park) — 1.1 mi, 173° S
  • St. Thomas Church, Werneth (Attraction) — 1.1 mi, 159° SSE
  • Cinder Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 327° NNW
  • River Irk (River) — 1.5 mi, 282° WNW
  • Lancaster Park & Animal Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 1.5 mi, 281° WNW
  • St Paul's Church, Oldham (Attraction) — 1.5 mi, 148° SSE
  • Rochdale Canal Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.7 mi, 354° N · 26 ha
  • Higher Stake Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.7 mi, 319° NW
  • Lowside Brickworks Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.1 mi, 120° ESE · 1 ha
  • The Nowster (Empty Pub) (Historic Ruins) — 2.1 mi, 273° W
  • Playhouse 2 (Theatre) — 2.5 mi, 040° NE
  • Lower Strinesdale Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.7 mi, 081° E
  • Crime Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.8 mi, 174° S
  • Upper Strinesdale Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.8 mi, 077° ENE
  • March Barn Bridge, Rochdale Canal (Scheduled Monument) — 3.6 mi, 333° NNW
  • Crompton Waterfall (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 040° NE
  • Ellenroad Ring Mill (Scheduled Monument) — 3.8 mi, 017° NNE
  • Ellenroad Steam Museum (Museum) — 3.8 mi, 016° NNE
  • Alconbury Flashes (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 259° WSW
  • Cineworld Ashton (Cinema) — 4.2 mi, 167° SSE
  • Bowl Barrow 190M Nne Of Knarr Barn (Scheduled Monument) — 4.3 mi, 076° ENE
  • Museum of the Manchester Regiment (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 159° SSE

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About This Busk Map Page

Explore Busk, 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: 53.548959, -2.132248. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.