Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Bury · Region: North West
Explore Jericho, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Jericho 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 | Jericho |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Bury |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.602207 |
| Longitude | -2.253472 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Jericho, a quiet suburb of Manchester, holds a gentle character. It lies 2.4 km west-north-west of Heywood (from Heywood: bearing 294°T, OS grid SD 833 117). The land here, a mosaic of modest gardens and well-kept streets, slopes with a soft incline towards the Irwell valley, catching the afternoon sun in a way that lends a certain warmth to the brickwork of its houses. Though no grand abbey or ancient castle marks its immediate landscape, the presence of the River Irwell, a ribbon of silver threading through the wider district, offers a subtle, enduring connection to the region's past industrial hum. The air, particularly on a clear morning, carries a faint, clean scent, a blend of damp earth and distant blossom, a quiet testament to the enduring, unassuming beauty of this Manchester suburb.
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Explore Jericho, 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: 53.602207, -2.253472. 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. |