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Town Lane Manchester Map

Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West

Explore Town Lane, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Town Lane 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.

Interactive Map of Town Lane, Manchester

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Town Lane, 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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PlaceTown Lane
Traditional CountyManchester
District / BoroughWigan
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.494612
Longitude-2.462092
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Town Lane

Town Lane unfolds as a quiet artery of the Wigan district, where the Lowland landscape bears the faint, lingering imprint of a coal-hewn past. It lies 1.4 miles south of Tyldesley (from Tyldesley: bearing 171°T, OS grid SJ 694 998), and is situated south-south-west of Astley village. The horizon here is defined by the heavy, silent presence of industrial relics, such as the distant Astley Green Colliery, whose headgear stands as a stark geometric skeleton against the shifting North West sky. To the west, the verdant expanse of Club Common offers a soft contrast to the rigid lines of the surrounding brickwork and lanes. The light across these fields often takes on a pale, diffused quality, illuminating the mossy remnants of the nearby Morley's Hall Moated Site where history retreats into the damp earth. Town Lane maintains a steady, unremarkable pace, shielded from the sharper edges of modern development by its agricultural heritage. The air remains cool, carrying the scent of damp soil and the distant, rhythmic hum of a region that has long since traded its furnaces for the quietude of suburban sprawl.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Club Common (Park) — 0.5 mi, 274° W
  • Morley'S Hall Moated Site (Scheduled Monument) — 0.5 mi, 211° SSW
  • Winding House (Museum) — 0.6 mi, 084° E
  • Lancashire Mining Museum (Museum) — 0.6 mi, 087° E
  • Astley Green Colliery: Engine House And Headgear (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 086° E
  • New Hall Moat, Astley, 200M North Of Astley Hospital (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 025° NNE
  • Gin Pit Colliery Wheel (Public Artwork) — 0.8 mi, 338° NNW
  • Cooling Lane Brook (River) — 0.9 mi, 296° WNW
  • Ellenor Brook (River) — 0.9 mi, 034° NE
  • Marker Stone for Gin Pit mine (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 326° NNW
  • Astley Street Park (Park) — 1.1 mi, 356° N
  • Wood End Pit AKA Bedford Colliery marker stone, former coal mine. (Monument) — 1.1 mi, 304° NW
  • North West Computer Museum (Museum) — 1.3 mi, 267° W
  • Leigh Film Factory (Cinema) — 1.3 mi, 266° W
  • Leigh Spinners Mill Heritage Centre (Museum) — 1.3 mi, 265° W
  • Tyldesley Little Theatre (Theatre) — 1.3 mi, 345° NNW
  • Astley & Bedford Mosses Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.5 mi, 183° S · 92 ha
  • Red Waters (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 302° WNW
  • Hope Carr (Wetland) — 2.1 mi, 247° WSW
  • Botany Bay Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 2.2 mi, 121° ESE
  • Common Head Farm (Historic Ruins) — 2.3 mi, 045° NE
  • Leigh Town Hall Archives (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 275° W
  • Taylor's Hole (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.7 mi, 260° W
  • Lady Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.0 mi, 074° ENE
  • Mill Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.0 mi, 349° N
  • Hulton Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.3 mi, 346° NNW · 205 ha
  • Foxhill Glen (Valley) — 3.4 mi, 121° ESE
  • Risley, Holcroft And Chat Moss (National Nature Reserve) — 3.7 mi, 209° SSW · 529 ha
  • Holcroft Moss Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.2 mi, 187° S · 19 ha
  • Wild Wings Birds of Prey (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 4.3 mi, 215° SW

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About This Town Lane Map Page

Explore Town Lane, 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: 53.494612, -2.462092. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.