Wood End Manchester Map

About Wood End

Wood End offers a quiet corner of Greater Manchester, its modest houses forming a gentle scatter. It lies 0.9 km north-north-east of Shaw (from Shaw: bearing 14°T, OS grid SD 940 099). The land here has a subtle rise, allowing a broad view across the surrounding fields, where the changing light can lend a fleeting, almost watercolour wash to the distant Pennine hills. Though now primarily a residential district, Wood End carries echoes of its agricultural past in the names of its lanes and the enduring presence of mature trees lining its thoroughfares. There is a certain understated charm to its everyday scenes, a quiet dignity in the enduring brickwork of its older homes. The absence of grand monuments allows the simple beauty of the sky and the changing seasons to take centre stage.

About This Wood End Map Page

Explore Wood End, 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: 53.586424, -2.091715. 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.