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Woods End Manchester Map

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

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

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Woods End, 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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PlaceWoods End
Traditional CountyManchester
District / BoroughTrafford
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.455489
Longitude-2.393342
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Woods End

Woods End occupies a quiet corner of the Trafford district, defined by the low, flat horizons typical of the Mersey valley floor. It lies 0.8 miles east-north-east of Irlam (from Irlam: bearing 72°T, OS grid SJ 739 954). The residential streets of Woods End derive much of their character from the proximity of Prince's Park, which provides a verdant, open anchor for the surrounding homes. To the north, the gentle, reed-lined course of Bent Lanes Brook draws a faint, silver boundary against the neighbouring pastures. The light here often catches the damp, dark earth of the gardens, lending a sharp, metallic clarity to the afternoon air. Despite the encroaching suburban sprawl of Greater Manchester, the landscape retains a stubborn, hushed stillness that predates the modern brickwork. Residents often walk the perimeter where the manicured lawns fade into the wilder, unkempt edges of the district. Time in Woods End moves at the pace of the shifting grey clouds, indifferent to the distant hum of the motorway.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Prince's Park (Park)locality lies within
  • Davyhume Millenium Park (Park) — 0.4 mi, 037° NE
  • Bent Lanes Brook (River) — 0.4 mi, 018° NNE
  • Salteye Brook (River) — 0.8 mi, 030° NNE
  • Foxhill Glen (Valley) — 1.0 mi, 007° N
  • Flixton Academy of Perfoming Arts (Theatre) — 1.2 mi, 103° ESE
  • Aerial Extreme (Attraction) — 1.8 mi, 068° ENE
  • Botany Bay Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 1.9 mi, 328° NNW
  • Multisol (Attraction) — 1.9 mi, 222° SW
  • Odeon Manchester Trafford Centre (Cinema) — 2.0 mi, 069° ENE
  • St Catherine's, Barton Upon Irwell (Historic Ruins) — 2.0 mi, 053° NE
  • Bridgewater Canal'S Barton Aqueduct Embankment And Retaining Walls (Scheduled Monument) — 2.2 mi, 052° NE
  • Partington North Basin (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.3 mi, 211° SSW
  • LEGOLAND Discovery Centre (Theme Park) — 2.3 mi, 069° ENE
  • WWII Air Raid Shelter (Historic Ruins) — 2.8 mi, 232° SW
  • Lime Kiln And Associated Culvert 50M North Of Worsley Methodist Church (Scheduled Monument) — 3.0 mi, 013° NNE
  • 3rd Duke of Bridgewater's monument (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 011° NNE
  • Wooden Train (Public Artwork) — 3.1 mi, 025° NNE
  • Brookheys Covert Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.2 mi, 177° S · 2 ha
  • Astley & Bedford Mosses Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.2 mi, 293° WNW · 92 ha
  • The Delph (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.2 mi, 010° N
  • Canal Tunnel Entrances And Wharf (Scheduled Monument) — 3.2 mi, 010° N
  • Lord Ellesmere's Memorial (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 355° N
  • Route 66 (Cinema) — 3.3 mi, 071° ENE
  • Old Warke Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.4 mi, 015° NNE
  • Lady Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.5 mi, 001° N
  • Winding House (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 322° NW
  • Lancashire Mining Museum (Museum) — 3.5 mi, 321° NW
  • Challenge 4 Change (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 077° ENE
  • Sale Nomads Theatre Club (Theatre) — 3.6 mi, 129° SE

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About This Woods End Map Page

Explore Woods 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: 53.455489, -2.393342. 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.