(Suburban Area near Land Gate)
Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West
Explore Highfield, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Highfield 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 | Highfield |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.526964 |
| Longitude | -2.675021 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Highfield, a quiet suburb within the Wigan district, offers a gentle embrace of the North West's verdant landscape. It lies 3.6 km south-west of Wigan (from Wigan: bearing 235°T, OS grid SD 553 035), and is situated north-west of Land Gate village. The houses, often built of warm brick, seem to absorb the diffused light that filters through the often-clouded English sky, casting a soft glow upon their gardens. A faint hum of suburban life, a murmur of domestic routines, underlies the stillness that characterises Highfield's residential streets. The air here carries the scent of damp earth after a spring shower and the distant, subtle fragrance of blooming hedgerows. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, Highfield holds a quiet charm, a sense of settled habitation that speaks of generations finding their peace within its bounds.
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Explore Highfield, 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: 53.526964, -2.675021. 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. |