Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Tameside · Region: North West
Explore Smallshaw, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Smallshaw 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 Smallshaw, 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 | Smallshaw |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Tameside |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.502889 |
| Longitude | -2.088745 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Smallshaw stretches across the rising Pennine fringe, its residential streets holding a quiet, grey-stone composure against the encroaching northern winds. It lies 0.9 miles north-north-east of Ashton-under-Lyne (from Ashton-under-Lyne: bearing 13°T, OS grid SD 942 006). The landscape here is defined by the persistent descent of the Holden Clough Brook, which carves a restless, winding path through the local topography toward the wider valley floors. Residents of Smallshaw often look toward the distant, moody silhouette of Lower Alt Hill, a landmark that dictates the quality of the afternoon light as it slips behind the horizon. The ground itself is geologically significant, as the entire locality is contained within the Huddersfield Narrow Canal SSSI, a designation that preserves the unique, rugged character of the waterway’s banks. Industrial echoes remain in the Victorian brickwork of older cottages, though modern life has largely softened the sharp edges of that former trade. Smallshaw maintains a sturdy, unpretentious atmosphere, where the damp air carries the scent of coal-smoke memories and the sharp, clean bite of the high moorland chill.
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Explore Smallshaw, 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: 53.502889, -2.088745. 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. |