Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Tameside · Region: North West
Explore Micklehurst, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Micklehurst 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 Micklehurst, 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 | Micklehurst |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Tameside |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.513092 |
| Longitude | -2.031855 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Micklehurst emerges from the steep, rugged contours of the Tameside landscape as a testament to the North West’s industrial endurance. It lies 0.7 miles east-south-east of Mossley (from Mossley: bearing 121°T, OS grid SD 979 018). The horizon here is dominated by the weight of history, where the cold, grey stone of former textile structures still holds the memory of clattering looms. Micklehurst Brook carves a persistent path through the terrain just to the west, its waters mirroring the shifting, slate-coloured clouds that frequently drift over the Pennine foothills. The entire locality sits within the Huddersfield Narrow Canal SSSI, a designation that preserves the fragile, damp ecology of a corridor once vital for the transit of heavy goods. High above the valley floor, the earthworks of Buckton Castle remain as an enigmatic, grassy ringwork, watching over the modern transit of cars and commuters with a detached, ancient silence. This high ground catches the afternoon light, casting long, sharp shadows that seem to pull the past closer to the present. The air in Micklehurst often carries a crisp, mineral quality, a lingering sharpness that speaks of the high moors pressing in from the east. Residents move through these slopes with a quiet familiarity, accustomed to the steep gradients that define every walk to the shop or the station.
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Explore Micklehurst, 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: 53.513092, -2.031855. 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. |