Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Rochdale · Region: North West
Explore Gale, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gale 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 Gale, 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 | Gale |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Rochdale |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.650457 |
| Longitude | -2.091143 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Gale captures the rugged spirit of the Pennine fringe, where the grey stone of the north meets a sky often heavy with Atlantic weather. It lies 0.5 miles north-north-east of Littleborough (from Littleborough: bearing 25°T, OS grid SD 940 171). The landscape here holds the memory of industrial toil, with the nearby Town House Brook carving a narrow, hurried path through the valley floor. Stone-built terraces in Gale lean into the slopes, their gritstone facades darkening under the persistent moisture of the Rochdale district. To the east, the River Roch flows with a quiet, steady persistence that once powered the looms of a vanished textile age. Above the rooftops, the slopes of Blackbrow Hill rise like a dark, protective shoulder against the northern winds. Sunlight often catches the slick, wet surfaces of the local cobbles, turning the streets into fleeting mirrors of the shifting clouds. Life in Gale moves with the unpretentious gravity of a place that has long traded flourish for endurance.
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Explore Gale, 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: 53.650457, -2.091143. 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. |