Thornham Fold Manchester Map

About Thornham Fold

Thornham Fold rests in the Rochdale district, a scatter of dwellings where the land begins to unfurl towards the Manchester plain. It lies 2.6 km west-north-west of Royton (from Royton: bearing 303°T, OS grid SD 898 090), and is situated east-south-east of Trub village. The quietude here is not so much an absence of sound as a gentle modulation of it, the murmur of distant traffic softened by the low hum of agricultural life. Fields, often patterned with the subtle geometry of past cultivation, stretch away, catching the diffused light that filters through the often-clouded northern sky. Small copses of trees, their branches a delicate tracery against the horizon, offer pockets of deeper shadow and the faint scent of damp earth. The very air in Thornham Fold seems to hold a certain patience, a quality that might have been observed by those who walked these lanes in generations past, their footsteps now lost to the soft tread of time.

About This Thornham Fold Map Page

Explore Thornham Fold, 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: 53.578305, -2.155311. 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.