Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Grains Bar, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Grains Bar 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 | Grains Bar |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.573969 |
| Longitude | -2.058404 |
| Place Type | Village |
Grains Bar breathes a quiet resilience, a collection of homes gathered on the edge of Saddleworth Moor. It lies 2.5 km east-south-east of Shaw (from Shaw: bearing 101°T, OS grid SD 962 085), and is situated south-west of Denshaw village. The land here slopes gently, a prelude to the wilder expanse of heather and peat that rises to the north, often catching the low, diffused light of the North West. The air, when the wind is right, carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and distant sheep. While Grains Bar lacks grand structures, its modest dwellings, many built of local stone, speak of generations who have worked this challenging terrain, their lives interwoven with the ebb and flow of the seasons.
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Explore Grains Bar, 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: 53.573969, -2.058404. 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. |