Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Higher Barrowshaw, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Higher Barrowshaw 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 Barrowshaw |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.559190 |
| Longitude | -2.078447 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Higher Barrowshaw unfolds across a gentle rise, its houses catching the soft, diffused light of the Pennine foothills. It lies 2.4 km north of Lees (from Lees: bearing 351°T, OS grid SD 949 069), and is situated west-north-west of Scouthead village. The air here often carries a whisper of damp earth and distant moors, a subtle testament to its proximity to open country. The quiet streets, lined with a mix of older stone dwellings and more modern homes, possess a settled, unhurried character, as if the land itself breathes a slow, consistent rhythm. Even the occasional glimpse of a well-tended garden hints at a continuity of life, a quiet dedication to the present moment. Higher Barrowshaw, in its unassuming way, offers a sense of enduring place.
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Explore Higher Barrowshaw, 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: 53.559190, -2.078447. 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. |