Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Old Tame, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Old Tame 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 Old Tame, 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 | Old Tame |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.583016 |
| Longitude | -2.048569 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Old Tame persists as a quiet gathering of stone dwellings upon the rugged, rising folds of the Pennine fringe. It lies 1.9 miles east of Shaw (from Shaw: bearing 80°T, OS grid SD 968 096), and is situated south-west of Denshaw village. The horizon here is dominated by the austere presence of Summer Hill, which casts long, indigo shadows across the pastures as the afternoon light begins to thin. Below these heights, the landscape drains toward the dark, reflective surface of Brushes Clough Reservoir, a man-made basin that holds the sky in its still waters. Old Tame retains a character forged by the grit of northern industry and the persistence of upland farming, where the wind carries the scent of damp peat and distant coal-smoke ghosts. Stone walls, black with age and lichen, trace the boundaries of small fields that cling stubbornly to the steep topography. One senses that the inhabitants of Old Tame have long lived in a delicate negotiation with the elements, watching the weather roll in from the west with a seasoned, unspoken patience. This high, exposed ground demands a certain stoicism, rewarding those who dwell there with an immense, unbroken view of the unfolding moorland.
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Explore Old Tame, 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: 53.583016, -2.048569. 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. |