Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Bolton · Region: North West
Explore Top o' th' Brow, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Top o' th' Brow 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 | Top o' th' Brow |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Bolton |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.591326 |
| Longitude | -2.394936 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
The gentle rise of Top o' th' Brow offers a quiet contemplation of the Lancashire plain. It lies 2.8 km east-north-east of Bolton (from Bolton: bearing 58°T, OS grid SD 739 106), and is situated west of Ainsworth village. Though no grand abbeys mark its history, the scattered farmsteads and weathered stone walls speak of a long association with the land, a quiet endurance against the often-brooding skies of the North West. The air here carries the faint, earthy scent of cultivated fields, a testament to generations who have worked this ground, their lives a slow unfolding under the same sun that now gilds the distant church spires. The very shape of the land, a subtle swell rather than a dramatic peak, imparts a sense of calm to Top o' th' Brow, a feeling of being grounded, yet with a clear prospect.
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Explore Top o' th' Brow, 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: 53.591326, -2.394936. 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. |