Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West
Explore Longshoot, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Longshoot 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 | Longshoot |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.549523 |
| Longitude | -2.620834 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Longshoot holds a quiet charm, a place where the familiar hum of suburban life blends with the lingering echoes of its past. It lies 0.7 km north-east of Wigan (from Wigan: bearing 53°T, OS grid SD 589 060). The gentle rise and fall of the land here, often caught in the soft, diffused light characteristic of the North West, hints at the agricultural origins that shaped this landscape before the steady expansion of dwellings. Though no grand monuments punctuate its skyline, the very air seems to carry a sense of unassuming continuity, a feeling that life here unfolds with a measured grace. The network of footpaths that crisscross the green spaces, worn smooth by generations of footsteps, invites a quiet contemplation of the ordinary, the small details that make up the fabric of daily existence in Longshoot.
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Explore Longshoot, 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: 53.549523, -2.620834. 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. |