Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West
Explore Lilford, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lilford 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 Lilford, 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 | Lilford |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.503694 |
| Longitude | -2.509803 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Lilford reveals the lingering, rusted skeleton of an industrial past, where the heavy silence of coal-shadowed earth meets the persistent encroaching of modern suburban brick. It lies 0.6 miles north-east of Leigh (from Leigh: bearing 40°T, OS grid SD 662 008). The landscape retains the quiet gravity of the North West, shaped by the extraction of subterranean wealth that once defined the horizon. Lilford Park Brook traces a silver, winding path through the outskirts, its waters carrying the memory of a terrain transformed by the pickaxe and the steam engine. The nearby Red Waters mirror the pale, shifting skies of Lancashire, providing a still, glass-like contrast to the hum of the surrounding district. These pockets of moisture and green offer a reprieve from the dense, red-brick vernacular that characterizes the local architecture. Where chimneys once pierced the clouds, low-slung residences now occupy the space, grounding the geography in a domestic, modest present. Lilford remains a place where the weight of history is felt not in grand monuments, but in the subtle, reclaimed stillness of its hollowed, verdant spaces.
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Explore Lilford, 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: 53.503694, -2.509803. 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. |