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Woodend Manchester Map

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

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

How to Use This Woodend, Manchester Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Woodend, 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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PlaceWoodend
Traditional CountyManchester
District / BoroughTameside
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.521486
Longitude-2.035677
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Woodend

Woodend clings to the rugged, steep inclines of the Tameside landscape, where the grit of former industrial ambition meets the persistent, encroaching wildness of the Pennines. It lies 0.5 miles east-north-east of Mossley (from Mossley: bearing 62°T, OS grid SD 977 027). The cool, grey light of the North West often catches the stone terraces of Woodend, illuminating the slate roofs that seem to shoulder the weight of the shifting moorland clouds. Rising directly to the north, the verdant openness of Roughtown Green offers a sharp, grassy contrast to the dense, rectilinear patterns of the housing below. Below these slopes, the waters of Micklehurst Brook trace a persistent, silver path through the valley, serving as a quiet reminder of the power that once drove the local looms and spindles. The air here holds a distinct sharpness, carrying the scent of damp earth and the faint, lingering memory of coal smoke from a bygone age. Residents look out toward the looming shadow of Noonsun Hill, which stands as a silent, monolithic sentinel over the eastern horizon. Even today, the architecture of Woodend reflects a stoic, functional dignity, crafted for those who laboured under the vast, indifferent expanse of the English sky.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Roughtown Green (Park) — 0.0 mi, 334° NNW
  • Mossley Park (Park) — 0.5 mi, 210° SSW
  • Micklehurst Brook (River) — 0.5 mi, 175° S
  • Holly Bank (Hill / Mountain) — 0.7 mi, 279° W
  • Noonsun Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 081° E
  • Willow Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 178° S
  • Staly Brook (River) — 0.9 mi, 151° SSE
  • Castle Clough (Valley) — 1.1 mi, 147° SSE
  • Buckton Castle: A Ringwork And Site Of 17Th Century Beacon 350M North East Of Castle Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 132° SE
  • Knott Hill Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.5 mi, 232° SW
  • Doles Pit (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.6 mi, 359° N
  • Huddersfield Narrow Canal Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.7 mi, 222° SW · 12 ha
  • Ammon Wrigley Statue (Public Artwork) — 2.1 mi, 034° NNE
  • Saddleworth Museum (Museum) — 2.1 mi, 033° NNE
  • Ladcastle And Den Quarries Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.3 mi, 030° NNE · 3 ha
  • Greenacres Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.4 mi, 311° NW · 10 ha
  • Astley Cheetham Art Gallery (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 198° SSW
  • Bowl Barrow 190M Nne Of Knarr Barn (Scheduled Monument) — 2.9 mi, 005° N
  • Round Cairn West Of Hollingworthhall Moor (Scheduled Monument) — 3.1 mi, 165° SSE
  • Gorse Hall (Historic Ruins) — 3.2 mi, 196° SSW
  • Museum of the Manchester Regiment (Museum) — 3.2 mi, 227° SW
  • Replica of the old cross (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 224° SW
  • St Paul's Church, Oldham (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 282° WNW
  • Oldham War Memorial (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 295° WNW
  • ODEON Oldham (Cinema) — 3.4 mi, 294° WNW
  • Tameside Hippodrome (Theatre) — 3.4 mi, 227° SW
  • Portland Basin Museum (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 225° SW
  • St. Thomas Church, Werneth (Attraction) — 3.7 mi, 284° WNW
  • Dukinfield Swimming Pool (Attraction) — 3.8 mi, 208° SSW
  • Cineworld Ashton (Cinema) — 3.8 mi, 234° SW

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About This Woodend Map Page

Explore Woodend, 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: 53.521486, -2.035677. 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.