Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Bury · Region: North West
Explore Cockey Moor, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cockey Moor 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 Cockey Moor, 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 | Cockey Moor |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Bury |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.589636 |
| Longitude | -2.342287 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Cockey Moor marks a quiet transition where the industrial reach of Greater Manchester softens into the rolling, open terrain of the Lancashire border. It lies 1.8 miles west of Bury (from Bury: bearing 263°T, OS grid SD 774 103), and is situated east of Ainsworth village. The landscape here retains a rugged simplicity, defined by high, windswept ground that once justified its name as a stretch of exposed heathland. Beneath the wide, pale sky, the light catches the silver surface of Starling Pond, which rests in the hollows just to the south like a fragment of fallen glass. The land holds the memory of old agricultural boundaries, where drystone walls and hedgerows trace the patterns of an older, agrarian economy. Further to the north, the waters of Walshaw Brook carve a subtle path through the earth, marking the slow passage of time against the encroaching suburban fringe. Cockey Moor remains a place of understated character, where the clarity of the air suggests the elevation of the surrounding moorland. This geography provides a sense of stillness that persists even as the nearby towns exert their steady, rhythmic pull.
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Explore Cockey Moor, 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: 53.589636, -2.342287. 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. |