Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Long Sight, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Long Sight 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 Long Sight, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of Manchester or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Long Sight and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Long Sight |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.557457 |
| Longitude | -2.119805 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Long Sight claims its place upon the northern slopes where the industrial legacy of Lancashire meets the quiet persistence of the Pennine foothills. It lies 0.5 miles south of Royton (from Royton: bearing 172°T, OS grid SD 921 067). Rain-washed stone and brick define the local architecture, capturing a pale, silvery light that softens the sharp angles of the suburban sprawl. The land here remains intrinsically linked to the industrial veins of the region, as the entire locality sits within the designated Rochdale Canal Sssi. Water, once the lifeblood of the spinning mills, now travels through these channels with a slow, deliberate gravity that mirrors the pace of the surrounding streets. To the west, the deep indentation of Plumpton Clough carves a green, shadowed passage through the landscape, offering a sudden respite from the grid of rooftops. Long Sight endures as a functional landscape, where the echoes of looms have long since faded into the hum of modern transit. The horizon holds the weight of the Manchester sky, vast and frequently bruised with clouds, yet always open to the sudden, brilliant clarity that follows a storm.
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Explore Long Sight, 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: 53.557457, -2.119805. 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. |