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.
| 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, a quiet corner within the Bury district, carries the diffused light of Lancashire's northern skies. It lies 1.8 km north-west of Bury (from Bury: bearing 306°T, OS grid SD 788 118). Once shaped by the slow turning of waterwheels, remnants of its industrial past can still be glimpsed in the stoic brickwork of former mills, their chimneys now silent sentinels against the horizon. The landscape hereabouts is gently contoured, a subtle yielding of the land that speaks of ancient waterways and fields that have felt the plough for generations. Even now, a certain industrious spirit seems to persist, less in the clatter of machinery and more in the well-tended gardens and the steady pace of daily life. The nearby Irwell, a silver thread weaving through the green, continues its patient journey, a constant reminder of the enduring natural forces that shape this place.
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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 | June 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. |