Enter your search query in the box below.

Free Town Manchester Map

Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Bury · Region: North West

Explore Free Town, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Free Town 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.

Interactive Map of Free Town, Manchester

How to Use This Free Town, Manchester Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Free Town, 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.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

Drag the map to pan to any area of Manchester or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Free Town and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.

Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.

Place	Free Town
Traditional County	Manchester
District / Borough	Bury
Region	North West
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	53.600380
Longitude	-2.278772
Place Type	Suburban Area

About Free Town

Free Town emerges from the northern industrial sprawl of Greater Manchester as a distinct pocket of red-brick terraces and steep, cobbled ambition. It lies 1.0 miles east-north-east of Bury (from Bury: bearing 57°T, OS grid SD 816 115). The low, grey light of the North West often catches the slate rooftops of Free Town, casting sharp shadows that define the rigid geometry of its Victorian streets. To the east, the quiet expanses of Hoyles Park offer a green reprieve from the dense residential grid, providing a lung of open grass where the wind carries a faint, cooling moisture from the distant Pennine slopes. The topography here rises with a stubborn, muscular grace, lifting the houses above the damp hollows where the industrial echoes of the nineteenth century once hummed. Residents walking toward the western perimeter might catch the metallic glint of the public locomotive sculpture, a silent iron reminder of the region’s deep-rooted affinity for steam and steel. A short stroll further brings one into the proximity of the medieval moated site of Bury Castle, where the earth holds the weight of long-vanished fortifications beneath the modern surface. Through the quiet intersections of Free Town, the air retains a crisp, unadorned quality, stripped of pretension and grounded by the honest permanence of its masonry.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hoyles Park (Park) — 0.2 mi, 118° ESE
Hole Bottom Cemetery (Park) — 0.4 mi, 081° E
The Lido (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.6 mi, 324° NW
Barn Brook (River) — 0.6 mi, 214° SW
Locomotive "Bury" (Public Artwork) — 0.6 mi, 247° WSW
Gallows Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 068° ENE
Medieval Moated Site And Later Fortified Manor House Known As Bury Castle 100M West Of The Parish Church (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 238° WSW
Bury Castle (Remnants) (Historic Ruins) — 0.9 mi, 241° WSW
Kay Monument (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 232° SW
Bury Transport Museum (Museum) — 1.0 mi, 246° WSW
The Fusilier Museum (Museum) — 1.0 mi, 235° SW
Pigs Lee Brook (River) — 1.1 mi, 321° NW
Woodhill Brook (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.2 mi, 266° W
Promontory Fort Called Castlesteads On The East Bank Of The Irwell 550M Sse Of Banks Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 307° NW · 1 ha
Deardens Lodge (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 241° WSW
Flow gauge (Monument) — 1.9 mi, 238° WSW
Ashworth Valley (Valley) — 2.0 mi, 067° ENE
Deeply Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.0 mi, 016° NNE
Farmer's Arms Pub/Benny's (Historic Ruins) — 2.1 mi, 226° SW
Queen'S Park, Rochdale (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.7 mi, 090° E · 10 ha
Radcliffe Tower And Site Of Hall 100M South West Of The Parish Church In Radcliffe (Scheduled Monument) — 2.8 mi, 206° SSW
Whitefield Garrick Theatre (Theatre) — 3.4 mi, 193° SSW
Ramsbottom Co-Operative Hall (Theatre) — 3.6 mi, 333° NNW
Lower Red Lees Pasture Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.3 mi, 336° NNW · 4 ha
Old Stone Sculpture (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 167° SSE
Heaton Park Animal Centre (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 4.5 mi, 168° SSE
Western Pleasure Grounds (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 168° SSE
Heaton Hall & Orangery (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 166° SSE
Ashclough Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.7 mi, 226° SW · 6 ha
Alconbury Flashes (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 155° SSE

Latest News: Free Town

Loading news…

World News

Loading news-world…

BBC World News