Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Salford · Region: North West
Explore Clifton Green, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Clifton Green 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 Clifton Green, 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 | Clifton Green |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Salford |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.521164 |
| Longitude | -2.322338 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Clifton Green wears the quiet sobriety of the North West, a place where the persistent memory of industrial labour softens into the verdant edges of the Manchester landscape. It lies 1.0 miles north-east of Swinton (from Swinton: bearing 50°T, OS grid SD 787 027), and is situated east of Clifton village. The horizon here is defined by a subtle interplay of brick and bramble, where the red-clay vernacular of the district meets the encroaching sprawl of mature greenery. A short distance away, the low-lying basin of Swinton Vale offers a damp, mossy refuge that suggests the hidden, fluid geography beneath the modern tarmac. Sunlight often catches the damp surfaces of the local lanes, turning the common thoroughfares into ribbons of grey slate that reflect the shifting, melancholic skies of Lancashire. Clifton Green maintains a deliberate composure, holding its own against the rhythmic hum of the nearby motorway network that pulses like a distant, mechanical tide. Just to the east, the sprawling expanse of Prestwich Forest Park provides a wild, untamed counterpoint to the orderly domesticity of the residential streets. These spaces hold a particular clarity in the afternoons, when the shadows stretch thin across the grass and the air carries the faint, metallic tang of the region’s long-faded coal-hewing heritage.
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Explore Clifton Green, 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: 53.521164, -2.322338. 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. |