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Prettywood Manchester Map

Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Rochdale · Region: North West

Explore Prettywood, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Prettywood 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.

Interactive Map of Prettywood, Manchester

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Place	Prettywood
Traditional County	Manchester
District / Borough	Rochdale
Region	North West
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	53.592116
Longitude	-2.256554
Place Type	Suburban Area

About Prettywood

Prettywood holds a quiet, unassuming station within the industrial geography of the Rochdale district, where the remnants of North West England’s manufacturing past linger in the brickwork. It lies 1.5 miles west of Heywood (from Heywood: bearing 266°T, OS grid SD 831 106). The landscape here is defined by a modest elevation that catches the low, pale light of winter afternoons, casting long, thin shadows across the terraced rows. Prettywood maintains a functional character, its streets shaped by the proximity of the surrounding valleys and the steady, unseen pull of the nearby Gigg Brook. To the north, the slopes of Gallows Hill rise with a stark, silent presence, providing a natural horizon that guards the suburban sprawl from the wider moorlands. The air carries a cool, damp clarity typical of the region, often stirring through the gardens and quiet alleyways that connect the residential blocks. Residents look out toward the greenery of Openshaw Park, a patch of managed earth that serves as a brief reprieve from the grey stone and slate of the locality. There is a certain gravity in these peripheral spaces, where the architecture of the twentieth century meets the enduring, indifferent roll of the Lancashire terrain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Hole Bottom Cemetery (Park) — 0.8 mi, 322° NW
Openshaw Park (Park) — 0.9 mi, 266° W
Gallows Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 357° N
Gigg Brook (River) — 1.1 mi, 234° SW
Tack Lee Brook (River) — 1.2 mi, 056° ENE
Locomotive "Bury" (Public Artwork) — 1.5 mi, 282° WNW
The Lido (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 310° NW
Ashworth Valley (Valley) — 1.7 mi, 034° NE
Medieval Moated Site And Later Fortified Manor House Known As Bury Castle 100M West Of The Parish Church (Scheduled Monument) — 1.7 mi, 274° W
Kay Monument (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 270° W
Bury Castle (Remnants) (Historic Ruins) — 1.7 mi, 274° W
The Fusilier Museum (Museum) — 1.7 mi, 270° W
Bury Transport Museum (Museum) — 1.8 mi, 275° W
Queen'S Park, Rochdale (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.9 mi, 073° ENE · 10 ha
Goose Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.1 mi, 043° NE
Woodhill Brook (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.2 mi, 282° WNW
Lamb Lodge Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.3 mi, 215° SW
Promontory Fort Called Castlesteads On The East Bank Of The Irwell 550M Sse Of Banks Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 2.5 mi, 305° NW · 1 ha
Farmer's Arms Pub/Benny's (Historic Ruins) — 2.5 mi, 251° WSW
Flow gauge (Monument) — 2.6 mi, 260° W
Radcliffe Tower And Site Of Hall 100M South West Of The Parish Church In Radcliffe (Scheduled Monument) — 2.9 mi, 227° SW
Whitefield Garrick Theatre (Theatre) — 3.2 mi, 211° SSW
Old Stone Sculpture (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 179° S
Heaton Park Animal Centre (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 3.8 mi, 180° S
Alconbury Flashes (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 164° SSE
Heaton Hall & Orangery (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 178° S
Western Pleasure Grounds (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 180° S
Heaton Park Tramway (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 176° S
Touchstones (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 068° ENE
Lake Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 4.3 mi, 180° S

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