Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Tameside · Region: North West
Explore Far Souracre, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Far Souracre 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 Far Souracre, 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 | Far Souracre |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Tameside |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.489376 |
| Longitude | -2.045612 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Far Souracre reveals a stark, industrial grandeur where the grit of Tameside’s past softens under the relentless march of the Pennine weather. It lies 0.6 miles north-east of Stalybridge (from Stalybridge: bearing 50°T, OS grid SJ 970 991). The landscape here is defined by the deliberate, man-made geometry of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal SSSI, a waterway that cuts through the topography like a dark ribbon of history, reflecting the low, bruised clouds of the North West. Far Souracre carries the quiet weight of its origins, where the rhythmic clatter of looms has long since surrendered to the persistent, low-frequency hum of modern suburban life. The air often holds a faint, metallic chill, carrying the scent of damp stone and the distant, rushing currents of Swineshaw Brook as it carves its way through the valley’s flank. Rows of modest houses stand with a stoic, northern resilience, their brickwork darkening in the rain to a shade of deep, weathered plum. Light here possesses a singular, pearlescent quality, frequently catching the edges of the canal’s dark surface and turning the water into polished slate. Even in the stillness of an afternoon, one senses the lingering ghost of the Victorian ambition that once laboured to reshape this rugged terrain.
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Explore Far Souracre, 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: 53.489376, -2.045612. 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. |