Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Dobcross, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Dobcross 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 Dobcross, 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 | Dobcross |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.556393 |
| Longitude | -2.013245 |
| Place Type | Village |
Dobcross commands the steep, rugged slopes of the Pennine foothills, defined by a labyrinth of narrow streets and gritstone dwellings that hold the morning light with a stubborn, grey permanence. It lies 2.7 miles east-north-east of Lees (from Lees: bearing 62°T, OS grid SD 992 066), and is situated east of Wall Hill village. The architecture bears the heavy, industrious marks of the woollen trade, where once the rhythmic clatter of looms echoed against the surrounding hillsides. To the west, the still, reflective surface of the Mill Pond offers a quiet counterpoint to the village’s vertical ambition, drawing the sky down into its dark, contained waters. Nearby, the Wall Hill Brook carves a persistent path through the landscape, its ceaseless movement providing a sharp, cold melody that underscores the stillness of the higher ground. Dobcross retains an atmosphere of deliberate isolation, where the wind carries the scent of damp earth and distant moorland across the rooftops. Each stone wall and winding alleyway suggests a history forged in weather and hard labour, remaining largely indifferent to the encroaching pace of the modern world.
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Explore Dobcross, 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: 53.556393, -2.013245. 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 | September 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. |