Birch Manchester Map
Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Rochdale · Region: North West
Explore Birch, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Birch 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 Birch, Manchester
How to Use This Birch, Manchester Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Birch, 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.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Manchester or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Birch and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Birch |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Rochdale |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.565059 |
| Longitude | -2.226285 |
| Place Type | Village |
About Birch
The quietude of Birch, a village within the Rochdale district of Greater Manchester, often settles like a fine dust on the surrounding fields. It lies 2.5 km north-west of Middleton (from Middleton: bearing 310°T, OS grid SD 851 076), and is situated north-north-east of Bowlee village. Here, the land slopes gently, offering a sense of open prospect that whispers of generations who have worked this soil. The houses, a mixture of older stone and more modern brick, huddle together as if for shared warmth against the often-grey English sky, their windows catching the light in fleeting moments of brightness. A sense of enduring practicality pervades Birch, a place where the echoes of past industry, perhaps the hum of distant machinery or the clang of a smithy, can still be faintly perceived in the very air. The green spaces, though not grand, offer a simple, honest beauty, a place where the grass grows with a quiet resilience.
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About This Birch Map Page
Explore Birch, 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: 53.565059, -2.226285. 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. |
