Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Stockport · Region: North West
Explore Gillbent, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gillbent 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 Gillbent, 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 | Gillbent |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Stockport |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.360950 |
| Longitude | -2.195434 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Gillbent manifests as a quiet confluence of suburban streets and mid-century residential architecture within the Stockport district. It lies 1.1 miles south-south-west of Cheadle Hulme (from Cheadle Hulme: bearing 196°T, OS grid SJ 870 849). Mid-afternoon sun catches the brickwork of modest semis, casting long, geometric shadows that sharpen the edges of the pavement. The local landscape retains a gentle, functional character where the urban reach of Manchester softens into residential lanes. Residents often walk toward the southern edge of the district, where the quiet flow of Handforth Brook traces a low, meandering path through the earth. A short distance away, the grounds of Hesketh Park provide a verdant contrast to the structured rows of housing, offering a space where the air feels slightly cooler and more still. Gillbent remains defined by this deliberate pace, where the rhythm of daily life is punctuated by the passage of light across garden fences and the rhythmic sound of traffic from the nearby arterial routes. The architecture stands as a straightforward record of twentieth-century expansion, grounded by the steady, unpretentious presence of the surrounding greenery.
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Explore Gillbent, 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: 53.360950, -2.195434. 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. |