Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Salford · Region: North West
Explore Wardley, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Wardley 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 Wardley, 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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Drag the map to pan to any area of Manchester or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Wardley and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Wardley |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Salford |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.517563 |
| Longitude | -2.356154 |
| Place Type | Village |
Wardley retains a quiet gravity where the suburban sprawl of Salford meets the persistent memory of a deeper, industrial past. It lies 0.7 miles west-north-west of Swinton (from Swinton: bearing 300°T, OS grid SD 764 023). Grey light often settles over the horizon, catching the slate roofs and the persistent, low-lying damp that rises from the damp earth. A short distance away, the Wardley Hall Moated Site preserves an ancient, shadowed stillness, the water encircling the timber-framed residence like a slow, dark thought. The landscape here is defined by the subtle tension between the arterial roads and the remnants of older, muddier tracks. Nearby, the waters of Spring Dam collect the run-off from the surrounding clay, reflecting a sky that seems perpetually heavy with the ghosts of coal seams long since worked out. Wardley breathes with the rhythm of commuters, yet the land underneath remains stubborn, refusing to be entirely smoothed away by modern concrete. Every evening, the sun casts long, thin shadows across the verges, grounding Wardley in a geography that feels both weary and enduring.
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Explore Wardley, 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: 53.517563, -2.356154. 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. |