Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Cowhill, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cowhill 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 | Cowhill |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.538747 |
| Longitude | -2.140726 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Cowhill, a suburban expanse within Oldham, Manchester, breathes a quiet character of its own. It lies 0.7 km south-south-west of Chadderton (from Chadderton: bearing 194°T, OS grid SD 907 046). The gentle slope of its terrain, where residential streets meet the emerging green of the surrounding landscape, offers glimpses of a broader, more open sky than the dense urban heart of Manchester. Here, the hum of daily life is punctuated by the rustle of leaves, a subtle reminder of the natural world that still holds sway. Though its origins are rooted in the industrious spirit of Lancashire, Cowhill now presents a more settled aspect, a place where the echoes of past labour are softened by the present quietude.
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Explore Cowhill, 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: 53.538747, -2.140726. 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. |