Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Greenacres Fold, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Greenacres Fold 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 | Greenacres Fold |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.545277 |
| Longitude | -2.077334 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Greenacres Fold carries the quiet air of a place surveyed by gentle hills, its houses clustered as if for shared warmth against the northern sky. It lies 0.9 km north-north-west of Lees (from Lees: bearing 338°T, OS grid SD 949 054). The land here, once more given over to the earth’s patient working, retains a subtle scent of loam, a memory of crops turned and seasons passed, now softened by the neatness of suburban gardens. A particular quality of light often descends, a diffused brightness that seems to illuminate the very brickwork and the carefully trimmed hedges, lending a certain contemplative stillness to the afternoons. Though its origins are rooted in the practicalities of growth, the very arrangement of its lanes and dwellings suggests a quiet aspiration, a desire for order and a settled peace that resonates in the rustle of leaves on a breezy day. The distant hum of traffic from larger thoroughfares is a muted counterpoint to the more immediate sounds of birdsong and children’s laughter echoing from its greens.
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Explore Greenacres Fold, 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: 53.545277, -2.077334. 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. |