Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Top of Cragg, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Top of Cragg 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 of Cragg |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.559091 |
| Longitude | -2.152901 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Top of Cragg breathes a quiet resilience, a collection of homes that have long weathered the winds sweeping across the Manchester district. It lies 1.9 km north-north-west of Chadderton (from Chadderton: bearing 329°T, OS grid SD 899 069), and is situated east-south-east of Healds Green village. The land here, though gently rolling, holds a certain steadfastness, a character forged perhaps from the enduring presence of stone and the determined growth of resilient flora. One might imagine the pale, diffused light of an English afternoon casting long, soft shadows across the modest lanes, a light that seems to hold the very essence of a place that has quietly persisted. The air itself carries a subtle scent, a mix of damp earth and the distant, faint whisper of industrial heritage, a reminder of the industrious hands that once shaped this corner of the North West.
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Explore Top of Cragg, 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: 53.559091, -2.152901. 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. |