Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Salford · Region: North West
Explore Lower Broughton, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lower Broughton 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 Lower Broughton, 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 | Lower Broughton |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Salford |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.496414 |
| Longitude | -2.266090 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Lower Broughton occupies a stretch of low-lying land where the River Irwell traces a deliberate, meandering curve through the northern sprawl of Salford. It lies 1.5 miles north-west of Manchester (from Manchester: bearing 325°T, OS grid SD 824 000). The landscape here holds the quiet, industrious memory of Victorian expansion, where red-brick terraces still shoulder the weight of a changing industrial horizon. A soft, hazy light frequently settles over the rooftops, softening the edges of the modern housing that has replaced the earlier mills and warehouses. Residents often seek a moment of respite in the greenery of Albert Park, where the trees provide a sharp, verdant contrast to the pervasive grey of the surrounding brickwork. Towards the southern boundary, the expansive grounds of Peel Park offer a grander scale of open space, marking the transition from the domestic intimacy of Lower Broughton toward the cultural institutions of the city centre. The air carries a brisk, damp quality characteristic of the North West, often stirred by the winds that sweep across the river valley. Each street corner in Lower Broughton retains a stubborn, distinct character, standing as a quiet record of the families who have laboured and lived within these narrow, purposeful grids for generations.
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Explore Lower Broughton, 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: 53.496414, -2.266090. 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. |