Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Linfitts, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Linfitts 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 Linfitts, 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 | Linfitts |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.571336 |
| Longitude | -2.033923 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Linfitts remains a quiet collection of stone dwellings gathered against the rugged slopes of the Pennine fringe. It lies 2.6 miles east of Shaw (from Shaw: bearing 101°T, OS grid SD 978 083), and is situated west-north-west of Delph village. Rising sharply behind the houses, the slopes of Derby Hill catch the low-slung northern light, casting long shadows that stretch toward the valley floor. Below these heights, the dark, damp hollow of Coal Clough funnels the upland winds through the landscape with a persistent, whistling intensity. The air here holds the sharp scent of wet gritstone and heather, a reminder of the proximity to the high, open moorland. Linfitts keeps its own counsel, maintaining a stoic character shaped by the heavy industry that once drew power from the nearby currents of the Mill Pond. Time moves with a deliberate, grinding pace, mirroring the slow erosion of the surrounding hillsides by rain and frost. A traveller passing through finds that the horizon dominates the view, leaving little room for anything but the raw, unadorned beauty of the gritstone earth.
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Explore Linfitts, 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: 53.571336, -2.033923. 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. |