Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Rochdale · Region: North West
Explore Greengate, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Greengate 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 | Greengate |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Rochdale |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.637332 |
| Longitude | -2.122800 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Greengate rests under the wide Rochdale sky, a suburban thread in the district's fabric. It lies 1.9 km west-south-west of Littleborough (from Littleborough: bearing 247°T, OS grid SD 919 156), and is situated south-south-east of Wardle village. The air here often carries the scent of damp earth and distant moorland, a subtle reminder of the wilder landscapes that cradle its edges. Here, modest homes cluster along quiet lanes, their gardens blooming in season with a quiet, tenacious beauty that mirrors the enduring spirit of the people who call Greengate home. Sunlight, when it breaks through the Lancashire clouds, can cast a fleeting, golden warmth upon the brickwork, lending a momentary glow to the ordinary. The gentle slope of the land, leading towards the more open country, suggests a place that has always been open to the elements, a place where the sky feels vast and close.
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Explore Greengate, 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: 53.637332, -2.122800. 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. |