Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Tameside · Region: North West
Explore Quickwood, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Quickwood 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.
| Place | Quickwood |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Tameside |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.523121 |
| Longitude | -2.038409 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Quickwood emerges from the gentle slopes of Tameside, a quiet corner of Greater Manchester. It lies 0.8 km north-east of Mossley (from Mossley: bearing 43°T, OS grid SD 975 029), and is situated south of Quick village. The air here often carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and distant fields, a subtle perfume that speaks of the surrounding countryside. The houses of Quickwood, often built of sturdy brick, seem to draw warmth from the very light that filters through the occasional clusters of mature trees, a light that can turn the greyest of days into something softly luminous. Though lacking grand monuments, Quickwood possesses a quiet dignity, a sense of settled habitation that has accumulated over generations, like the moss that might cling to an old stone wall.
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Explore Quickwood, 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: 53.523121, -2.038409. 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 | June 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. |