Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West
Explore Longshaw, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Longshaw 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 Longshaw, 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 Longshaw and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Longshaw |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.514988 |
| Longitude | -2.709758 |
| Place Type | Village |
Longshaw occupies a quiet corner of the Wigan district where the horizon feels perpetually drawn toward the distant, hazy curvature of the Lancashire plain. It lies 1.5 miles north of Billinge (from Billinge: bearing 2°T, OS grid SD 530 022). The elevation here grants the air a crisp, thin quality, catching the morning light before it descends into the lower shadows of Longshaw Bottom. To the south, the prominence of Billinge Hill asserts itself as a constant, brooding guardian over the local topography. The land maintains a rugged, unpolished character, defined by the rough grasses and stubborn hedgerows that have long defined this portion of the North West. Residents often walk the paths toward the nearby Orrell Water Park, where the reflective surfaces of the lakes offer a sharp, cool contrast to the surrounding industrial echoes. Longshaw remains a place of subtle transitions, where the memory of coal and earth persists beneath the quiet spread of modern residential lanes. These surroundings possess a stillness that invites one to observe the flight of birds against the vast, shifting clouds of the English sky.
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Explore Longshaw, 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: 53.514988, -2.709758. 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. |