Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Rochdale · Region: North West
Explore Catley Lane Head, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Catley Lane Head 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.
| Place | Catley Lane Head |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Rochdale |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.639052 |
| Longitude | -2.195237 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Catley Lane Head exhales a quiet presence on the Lancashire landscape. It lies 2.7 km south-south-west of Whitworth (from Whitworth: bearing 211°T, OS grid SD 871 158). The hamlet’s modest houses, many built of weathered brick that seems to absorb the diffused light of the Pennines, cluster with a sensible, unpretentious air. A low, persistent hum of rural life can be felt here, a sense of continuity undisturbed by the frantic pace of larger conurbations. The surrounding fields, often edged with ancient dry-stone walls, present a patchwork of green and brown, a testament to generations of careful husbandry. Occasionally, a distant bleating of sheep drifts on the breeze, a sound that seems to carry the very essence of this upland setting.
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Explore Catley Lane Head, 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: 53.639052, -2.195237. 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 | June 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. |