Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West
Explore Edge Green, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Edge 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 Edge 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 | Edge Green |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.485609 |
| Longitude | -2.606081 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Edge Green preserves the quiet dignity of a former industrial landscape, where the iron legacy of the Lancashire coalfields has softened into long, unassuming stretches of suburban residential streets. It lies 0.8 miles north-north-west of Golborne (from Golborne: bearing 334°T, OS grid SJ 598 989). Residents walk along the perimeter of Edge Green Common, a modest expanse of grass that serves as a communal lung for the surrounding houses. The light here often catches the flat, open horizon, revealing the subtle ways the earth has settled since the deep seams of the collieries were closed. To the north, the trees of Viridor Wood rise as a dark, irregular fringe against the sky, marking the boundary where human habitation yields to untamed growth. History resides in the silent gaps between the rows of brick terraces, where the memory of the mines lingers like the scent of rain on dry stone. The path toward the nearby Golborne Colliery Memorial offers a brief pause to acknowledge the heavy, soot-stained toil that once dictated the rhythm of daily life. Edge Green retains a stoic character, neither demanding attention nor hiding its past, but simply existing in the pale, shifting light of the North West.
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Explore Edge 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: 53.485609, -2.606081. 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. |