Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West
Explore Platt Bridge, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Platt Bridge 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 Platt Bridge, 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 | Platt Bridge |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.520288 |
| Longitude | -2.598627 |
| Place Type | Village |
Platt Bridge marks a distinct intersection of industrial heritage and the quiet reclamation of nature in the heart of the Wigan district. It lies 1.2 miles south-west of Hindley (from Hindley: bearing 218°T, OS grid SD 604 027), and is situated north-north-west of Abram village. The landscape here retains the memory of deep-seam coal mining, yet the earth now breathes through the expansive reach of The Flashes of Wigan and Leigh, a National Nature Reserve where water reflects the shifting Lancashire sky. Sunlight catches the metallic sheen of the Arch, a bold piece of public artwork that stands as a silent sentinel at the heart of the road network. To the east, the steady, unassuming currents of Borsdane Brook and Brookside Brook carve narrow channels through the land, offering a cool respite from the hum of modern traffic. Platt Bridge persists as a place where the heavy, soot-stained past has gradually surrendered to the patient growth of reeds and wild meadow grasses. This terrain, marked by the subsidence of old workings, creates a unique, uneven horizon that distinguishes the local topography from the flatter plains beyond. Each evening, the light stretches long and thin across the roads, illuminating the resilience of a landscape that has forged a new, quieter purpose from its industrious origins.
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Explore Platt Bridge, 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: 53.520288, -2.598627. 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. |