Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Rochdale · Region: North West
Explore Great Howarth, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Howarth 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 | Great Howarth |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Rochdale |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.638289 |
| Longitude | -2.135446 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Great Howarth, a tranquil suburb within the Rochdale borough, offers a quiet contemplation of the Lancashire landscape. It lies 2.6 km west-south-west of Littleborough (from Littleborough: bearing 257°T, OS grid SD 911 157), and is situated south of Wardle village. The gentle slopes here, often softened by a pearly Manchester light, suggest a history of farming, where fields have been coaxed from the earth over generations. The air, carrying the faint scent of damp soil and distant woodsmoke, whispers of the rural past that still holds sway. Although now a residential pocket, the underlying topography hints at the enduring connection to the land. The quietude of Great Howarth allows one to appreciate the subtle beauty of the everyday, a canvas painted with the muted hues of the North West.
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Explore Great Howarth, 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: 53.638289, -2.135446. 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. |