Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Tameside · Region: North West
Explore Cocker Hill, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cocker Hill 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 Cocker Hill, 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 | Cocker Hill |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Tameside |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.485300 |
| Longitude | -2.055765 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Cocker Hill rises with a deliberate, muscular prominence above the industrial floor of Stalybridge, asserting its geography through a steep ascent of gritstone and brick. Red-tiled roofs catch the low, slanted light of the North West, casting long, sharp shadows across the narrow lanes that retain the stubborn geometry of an older century. The air here holds a crisp, elevated clarity, far removed from the damp weight of the valley basin where the waters of the Tame once turned the great wheels of commerce. A brief walk southward leads one to the quiet, dignified interior of the Astley Cheetham Art Gallery, where the hush of the rooms offers a sharp, contemplative contrast to the windswept incline of the streets. Beyond the houses, the terrain dips toward the sprawling, leaf-strewn paths of Stamford Park, where the Victorian landscape design still whispers of a time when civic pride was measured in iron railings and manicured elms. Cocker Hill maintains a stoic independence, its chimneys and gables standing as a rugged sentinel over a district defined by the fading echoes of looms and furnaces. The textures of the local architecture remain coarse and honest, reflecting a history built upon the raw, unyielding grit of the Pennine foothills. Every stone in the retaining walls seems to hold the heat of the afternoon sun, providing a solid, enduring warmth to those who traverse the incline toward the summit.
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Explore Cocker Hill, 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: 53.485300, -2.055765. 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. |