Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Bury · Region: North West
Explore Owler Barrow, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Owler Barrow 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 Owler Barrow, 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 | Owler Barrow |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Bury |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.599788 |
| Longitude | -2.331202 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Owler Barrow commands a quiet prominence over the rolling topography of the Greater Manchester fringe. It lies 1.4 miles west-north-west of Bury (from Bury: bearing 290°T, OS grid SD 781 115), and is situated north-east of Ainsworth village. The terrain here holds a persistent moisture, feeding the nearby Walshaw Brook as it carves a slow, silver path through the low-lying fields. Light catches the damp edges of the pasture, turning the grass into a pale, shifting expanse that seems to breathe with the changing weather. A short distance to the north, the waters of Mill Pond mirror the vast, grey skies, lending the surroundings a sense of stillness that defies the proximity of the urban sprawl. Owler Barrow remains defined by this intersection of industrial heritage and the persistent encroachment of wild, unkempt hedgerows. The atmosphere carries a particular clarity, a crispness that sharpens the outline of the distant hills and marks the rhythm of the seasons with stark precision. Such landscapes demand a patient eye, rewarding the observer with the subtle beauty of a horizon where the land simply refuses to be tamed.
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Explore Owler Barrow, 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: 53.599788, -2.331202. 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. |