Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West
Explore Red Rock, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Red Rock 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.
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| Place | Red Rock |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.584105 |
| Longitude | -2.628652 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Red Rock emerges from the verdant folds of the Greater Manchester landscape, a quiet pocket of earth defined by its proximity to the industrial legacy of the North West. It lies 1.5 miles east of Standish (from Standish: bearing 96°T, OS grid SD 584 099), and is situated east of Worthington village. The morning light here often catches the stillness of the nearby Worthington Reservoir, where the water mirrors the shifting grey clouds with an unsettling, glassy clarity. Red Rock occupies a transitional space where the remnants of old coal-mining transport routes have softened into paths for wandering, now overgrown with bramble and hawthorn. Northwards, the ancient, earth-bound silence of the Moated Site at Arley Hall guards the history of the land beneath a canopy of mature timber. The air in Red Rock carries a peculiar, damp sweetness, heavy with the scent of reeds and the slow, rhythmic breath of the surrounding woodlands. This geography creates a sanctuary for those who seek the solitude of the English countryside, far from the frantic pulse of the nearby metropolitan hubs. Time in Red Rock seems to gather in the shadows of the trees, offering a lingering, meditative peace to anyone who walks its narrow, winding lanes.
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Explore Red Rock, 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: 53.584105, -2.628652. 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. |