Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Tameside · Region: North West
Explore Gee Cross, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gee Cross 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 Gee Cross, 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 | Gee Cross |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Tameside |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.436494 |
| Longitude | -2.070106 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Gee Cross retains the distinct character of a high-ground outpost, its streets rising steadily to command a view over the sprawling industrial basin of Tameside. It lies 1.1 miles south-south-east of Hyde (from Hyde: bearing 159°T, OS grid SJ 954 933), and is situated east-north-east of Woodley village. The landscape here is defined by the sharp transition from urban brickwork to the expansive, windswept horizons of Werneth Low Country Park, where the horizon feels vast and unburdened. Rainwater often gathers in the dark, reflective depths of the Arnold Hill Reservoir, casting a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic transit of vehicles below. Beneath the surface of the local topography, the ground slopes toward the quiet, hidden path of the Bowlacre Brook, which carves a modest trench through the sandstone bedrock. Gee Cross keeps its history in the quiet persistence of its stone walls, which seem to hold a lingering memory of the agricultural labour that predated the encroaching reach of the Manchester suburbs. The quality of light during the late afternoon catches the slate roofs, imbuing the neighbourhood with a sudden, sharp clarity that momentarily elevates the mundane. Residents often walk the perimeter where the built environment meets the rugged incline, observing the shifts in weather as they roll in from the Pennine foothills.
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Explore Gee Cross, 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: 53.436494, -2.070106. 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. |