(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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Highfield, Manchester, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| 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 | August 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. |