Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West
Explore The Bell, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Bell 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 | The Bell |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.544310 |
| Longitude | -2.688079 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
The Bell, a tranquil corner of England, offers a quiet contemplation of the landscape. It lies 3.9 km west of Wigan (from Wigan: bearing 268°T, OS grid SD 545 055), and is situated south-south-west of Crooke village. Here, the land unfurls gently, a canvas of fields where the sky often presses down with a soft, diffused light, hinting at the damp richness of the soil. The houses of The Bell, many of them sturdy brick constructions, seem to huddle together as if for warmth, their chimneys occasionally exhaling plumes that mingle with the mist rising from nearby watercourses. A sense of enduring quietude pervades the air, a stillness that seems to have settled over the fields and lanes as surely as the dew.
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Explore The Bell, 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: 53.544310, -2.688079. 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. |