Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Tameside · Region: North West
Explore Godley, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Godley 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 Godley, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of Manchester or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Godley and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Godley |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Tameside |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.454510 |
| Longitude | -2.064850 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Godley retains a distinct, quiet composure on the eastern fringe of the Tameside district, where the industrial echoes of Manchester soften into the rugged folds of the Pennine foothills. It lies 0.7 miles east-north-east of Hyde (from Hyde: bearing 70°T, OS grid SJ 957 953). The landscape here is defined by the steady, rhythmic passage of water, as the quiet currents of Wilson Brook carve a path through the earth just a short walk from the residential streets. Low, grey clouds often drift over Godley, casting a silver light that catches the stone masonry of older local dwellings and gives the morning air a sharp, metallic clarity. Nearby, the still surface of Bonemill Dam reflects the shifting sky, serving as a tranquil anchor for a place that has long balanced its working history with the demands of the surrounding moorland. Commuters pass through the railway station, a modest portal that links the quiet lanes to the urgent pulse of the city centre. The transition from the dense urban sprawl of the west to this higher ground marks a shift in pace, where the wind carries a cooler, cleaner scent of damp grass and rising stone. Godley endures as a place of subtle transitions, where the remnants of a manufacturing past meet the persistent, quiet growth of the modern suburban fringe.
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Explore Godley, 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: 53.454510, -2.064850. 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. |