Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Bolton · Region: North West
Explore Willows, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Willows 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 | Willows |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Bolton |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.568587 |
| Longitude | -2.450336 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Willows, a verdant suburb of Bolton, breathes with a quiet dignity in England's North West. It lies 1.6 km south-west of Bolton (from Bolton: bearing 231°T, OS grid SD 702 080). The landscape here, a gentle unfolding of fields and hedgerows, often catches the low, honeyed light of the afternoon sun, lending an almost ethereal glow to the brick-built homes and the occasional sturdy oak. Though its history is rooted in the agricultural rhythms of Lancashire, Willows has long since embraced its identity as a residential haven, its streets lined with gardens that bloom with the determined cheerfulness of the changing seasons. A sense of quiet industry, perhaps a legacy from the mills that once defined the wider region, still seems to hum beneath the surface, a subtle reminder of the hands that shaped this place. The air, especially after a spring shower, carries the clean scent of damp earth and distant blossoms, a simple perfume of belonging.
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Explore Willows, 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: 53.568587, -2.450336. 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. |