Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Salford · Region: North West
Explore HIgher Broughton, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the HIgher Broughton 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 | HIgher Broughton |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Salford |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.506580 |
| Longitude | -2.261993 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Higher Broughton, a distinct suburban expanse within Salford, Manchester, carries a quiet dignity. It lies 3.3 km north-north-west of Manchester (from Manchester: bearing 340°T, OS grid SD 827 011). The residential streets, often lined with mature trees, suggest a long-established community, where the evening light sometimes pools in a soft, golden hue across the neatly kept gardens. Once perhaps more directly connected to the industrial hum of the wider conurbation, Higher Broughton now presents a more tranquil face, its homes reflecting a sense of settled life. Its proximity to the Irwell valley hints at a landscape that, though urbanised, retains a subtle memory of water and sky.
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Explore HIgher Broughton, 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: 53.506580, -2.261993. 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. |