Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Tameside · Region: North West
Explore Roaches, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Roaches 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 | Roaches |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Tameside |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.527925 |
| Longitude | -2.025003 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Roaches occupies a rugged expanse of high ground where the Pennine fringes meet the encroaching shadows of industrial Tameside. It lies 1.1 miles north-east of Mossley (from Mossley: bearing 52°T, OS grid SD 984 034), and is situated east of Quick village. Winds here carry a sharp, scouring clarity, sweeping across the heather-streaked slopes that rise toward the summit of Noonsun Hill. Below these heights, the land spills into deep, verdant folds where the waters of Warlow Brook trace a restless, silver path through the gritstone. History lingers in the local topography, echoing the ancient defensive purpose of nearby fortifications that once commanded the horizon. Roaches retains an austere, unadorned composure, defined by the stark contrast between the heavy stone architecture and the vast, unyielding sky of the North West. The transition from the sheltered valleys to the exposed moorland creates a shifting palette of slate-grey and bruised purple light across the terrain. Every stone wall and rising ridge in Roaches serves as a silent marker of a landscape shaped by centuries of austere, agrarian labour.
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Explore Roaches, 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: 53.527925, -2.025003. 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. |