Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Bury · Region: North West
Explore Woolfold, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Woolfold 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 Woolfold, 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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| Place | Woolfold |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Bury |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.602494 |
| Longitude | -2.321265 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Woolfold carries the quiet weight of its industrial heritage, where the brickwork of Victorian terraces catches the fading amber light of late afternoon. It lies 1.1 miles north-west of Bury (from Bury: bearing 306°T, OS grid SD 788 118). The landscape here is defined by a slow, deliberate descent towards the water, where the cool currents of Kirklees Brook carve a path through the northern fringes. Once a place of active mills and bustling looms, Woolfold now finds a steadier tempo in the soft hum of suburban life that stretches between the old stone foundations. A short walk reveals the serene surface of the Mill Pond, a mirror for the shifting clouds that drift across the expansive Lancashire sky. Residents often find respite in the nearby greenery of Woodbank Garden, where the trees lean close as if to guard the secrets of the valley floor. The geography remains deeply marked by the confluence of these small, persistent streams that once powered the machinery of a harder, more industrious age. Woolfold persists as a bridge between the memory of heavy toil and the modern, quiet requirements of hearth and home.
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Explore Woolfold, 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: 53.602494, -2.321265. 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. |