Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Glodwick Lows, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Glodwick Lows 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.
| Place | Glodwick Lows |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.530719 |
| Longitude | -2.085258 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Glodwick Lows hums with a quiet, enduring presence in the Oldham district. It lies 1.2 km south-west of Lees (from Lees: bearing 226°T, OS grid SD 944 037). The houses here, often a dignified brick, seem to gather themselves against the sweep of the Lancashire sky, their roofs catching the diffused light that so often softens the contours of the Pennine foothills. Though long past its industrial heyday, the legacy of its working past can still be felt in the sturdy architecture and the enduring spirit of its inhabitants, a resilience forged in the days of mills and looms. The air, particularly on a brisk autumn morning, carries a clean, almost bracing scent, a reminder of the open country that still presses in on the edges of Glodwick Lows. Children’s laughter might echo from a local park, a sound as timeless as the stone of any ancient edifice, grounding the present in a familiar, comforting rhythm.
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Explore Glodwick Lows, 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: 53.530719, -2.085258. 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 | June 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. |