Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Bolton · Region: North West
Explore Great Lever, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Great Lever 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 Great Lever, 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 | Great Lever |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Bolton |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.561324 |
| Longitude | -2.420729 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Great Lever reveals a dense, rhythmic architecture of Victorian terraces that speak to the industrious spirit of its past. It lies 1.2 miles south-south-east of Bolton (from Bolton: bearing 160°T, OS grid SD 722 072). The landscape here holds the quiet weight of brick and slate, where the long shadows of chimneys have long since given way to a steady, suburban hum. A short walk reveals the calming presence of Great Lever Park, offering a verdant respite where the light catches the dew upon the grass with a peculiar, silver clarity. Nearby, the waters of Bradford Reservoir mirror the shifting grey skies of the North West, anchoring the horizon with a stillness that defies the bustle of the nearby thoroughfares. These paths and waterways provide a necessary punctuation to the red-brick grid, allowing the eye to rest against the soft edges of the horizon. Great Lever maintains a character defined by this transition from heavy industry to a place of domestic permanence. The local atmosphere remains grounded, an honest reflection of a district that has worked to define its own quiet identity through the passage of the seasons.
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Explore Great Lever, 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: 53.561324, -2.420729. 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. |