Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Grasscroft, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Grasscroft 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 Grasscroft, 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 | Grasscroft |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.537722 |
| Longitude | -2.023077 |
| Place Type | Village |
Grasscroft emerges from the rugged Pennine foothills as a collection of stone dwellings that catch the pale, thinning light of the high moorlands. It lies 1.7 miles north-east of Mossley (from Mossley: bearing 35°T, OS grid SD 985 045), and is situated east-north-east of Lydgate village. Stone walls of gritstone delineate the boundaries of pastures where the wind carries a sharp, metallic chill from the distant peaks. To the north-east, the slopes dip into the deep, sequestered hollow of Wickens Clough, where the water runs cold and clear over moss-slicked boulders. Grasscroft maintains a quiet dignity, its architecture reflecting the sturdiness of the local quarries that once fed the hunger of industrial expansion. Below the village, the modest flow of Warlow Brook traces a silver thread through the darkening meadows as evening approaches. The atmosphere here is shaped by the immense, open sky that dwarfs the chimney pots and gables, lending a sense of solitude to every garden gate. Residents often walk the high paths where the horizon feels vast, observing the way the clouds bruise the hills with shifting shadows.
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Explore Grasscroft, 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: 53.537722, -2.023077. 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. |