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.
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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| Place | Town Lane |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.494612 |
| Longitude | -2.462092 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
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.
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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 built | August 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. |