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Greave Manchester Map

(Suburban Area)

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

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

How to Use This Greave, Manchester Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Greave, 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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PlaceGreave
Traditional CountyManchester
District / BoroughRochdale
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.618541
Longitude-2.183441
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Greave

Greave stretches across the Pennine foothills as a testament to the stubborn architecture of the industrial North. It lies 1.1 miles west of Rochdale (from Rochdale: bearing 276°T, OS grid SD 879 135). The light here often catches the grey slate of terraced rows, turning the rooftops into a shifting mosaic of charcoal and silver. Residents find a quiet refuge at the northern edge, where the manicured lawns of Denehurst Park offer a reprieve from the persistent hum of the nearby transit routes. Below the surface of the suburban sprawl, the earth holds the memory of deep-seam coal mining that once dictated the rhythm of every household. A short walk southward brings one to the silent, sprawling expanse of Rochdale Cemetery, where fourteen hectares of curated greenery provide a stark, meditative boundary against the encroaching stone. Greave maintains a steady, unremarkable composure, existing as a hinge between the dense urban core and the rugged, unyielding landscape that rises toward the horizon.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Denehurst Park (Park) — 0.1 mi, 005° N
  • Rochdale Cemetery (Historic Park or Garden) — 0.3 mi, 176° S · 14 ha
  • Caldershaw Brook (River) — 0.5 mi, 005° N
  • Mandale Park (Park) — 0.9 mi, 140° SE
  • Castle Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 122° ESE
  • Lancashire Dialect Poets Monument (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 106° ESE
  • John Bright Statue (Public Artwork) — 0.9 mi, 108° ESE
  • Touchstones (Museum) — 0.9 mi, 105° ESE
  • Rochdale War Memorial (Monument) — 1.0 mi, 099° E
  • Rochdale Pioneers Museum (Museum) — 1.0 mi, 090° E
  • Reel Cinema Rochdale (Cinema) — 1.1 mi, 092° E
  • Sudden Brook (River) — 1.3 mi, 149° SSE
  • Healey Dell (Valley) — 1.5 mi, 006° N
  • Goose Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.5 mi, 260° W
  • Doctor Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.7 mi, 301° WNW
  • March Barn Bridge, Rochdale Canal (Scheduled Monument) — 1.7 mi, 163° SSE
  • Greenbooth Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.8 mi, 309° NW
  • Prickshaw Dams (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.9 mi, 350° N
  • Ellenroad Ring Mill (Scheduled Monument) — 3.4 mi, 111° ESE
  • Ellenroad Steam Museum (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 111° ESE
  • Little Town (Historic Ruins) — 3.5 mi, 033° NNE
  • Rochdale Canal Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.7 mi, 149° SSE · 26 ha
  • Cheesden Lumb Mill (Historic Ruins) — 3.8 mi, 295° WNW
  • Hollingworth Visitor Centre (Attraction) — 3.9 mi, 074° ENE
  • Lancaster Park & Animal Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 4.6 mi, 172° S
  • Lee Quarry Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.7 mi, 348° NNW · 49 ha
  • Playhouse 2 (Theatre) — 4.7 mi, 128° SE
  • Crompton Waterfall (Attraction) — 4.9 mi, 115° ESE
  • Medieval Moated Site And Later Fortified Manor House Known As Bury Castle 100M West Of The Parish Church (Scheduled Monument) — 5.0 mi, 250° WSW
  • The Fusilier Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 249° WSW

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About This Greave Map Page

Explore Greave, 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: 53.618541, -2.183441. 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 builtSeptember 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.