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.
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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Drag the map to pan to any area of Manchester or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Woodend and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Woodend |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Tameside |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.521486 |
| Longitude | -2.035677 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
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.
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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 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. |