Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West
Explore Stubshaw Cross, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Stubshaw Cross 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 Stubshaw Cross, 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 | Stubshaw Cross |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.495860 |
| Longitude | -2.622718 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Stubshaw Cross retains the quiet, utilitarian resolve of a place built upon the coal seams that once defined the industrial heart of South Lancashire. It lies 0.8 miles north-east of Ashton-in-Makerfield (from Ashton-in-Makerfield: bearing 52°T, OS grid SD 587 000). The local horizon is marked by the low, steady rise of the land, where the brickwork of traditional terraced rows meets the open, pale sky of the North West. To the north-east, the Viridor Wood Sculptures emerge from the landscape like wooden sentinels, offering a strange, silent contrast to the hum of modern traffic nearby. Residents move through streets that hold the memory of deep-shaft mining, now softened by the quiet encroachment of green spaces and garden plots. Beyond the immediate rooftops, the landscape opens toward the wider reaches of the Wigan district, where the air often carries the faint, damp scent of distant wetlands. A short distance away, the quiet perimeter of Edge Green Common invites a different pace, providing a stretch of managed grassland that separates the structured lines of the houses from the wider, untamed sweep of the countryside. Stubshaw Cross persists as a place of firm boundaries and sturdy foundations, where the legacy of the earth remains etched into the very orientation of the roads and the enduring character of its people.
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Explore Stubshaw Cross, 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: 53.495860, -2.622718. 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. |