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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Glodwick Lows, 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 | 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 rises as a modest, elevated shoulder of land above the dense industrial heritage of the Oldham district. It lies 0.7 miles south-west of Lees (from Lees: bearing 226°T, OS grid SD 944 037). The terrain here catches the low, pale light of the North West, casting long, sharp shadows across the terraced streets that cling to the incline. To the north, the proximity of the Lowside Brickworks Sssi serves as a stark reminder of the geology that once fuelled the region’s brick-making trade. Deep in the hollows below, the verdant basin of Snipe Clough offers a quiet contrast to the persistent hum of the surrounding urban sprawl. Glodwick Lows maintains a rugged, utilitarian character, where the grit of Victorian expansion meets the persistent, encroaching wildness of the Pennine foothills. The air often carries a damp, cooling quality that drifts up from the valleys, grounding the rooftops in a perpetual, slate-grey stillness. This elevation provides a vantage point where the sprawling, interconnected rooftops of the district appear as a singular, vast mosaic of stone and slate.
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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 | 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. |