Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Tameside · Region: North West
Explore Higher Hurst, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Higher Hurst 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 Higher Hurst, 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 Higher Hurst and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Higher Hurst |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Tameside |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.502650 |
| Longitude | -2.069718 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Higher Hurst, a quiet suburban expanse, lies within the Tameside district of Greater Manchester. It lies 2.1 km north-east of Ashton-under-Lyne (from Ashton-under-Lyne: bearing 49°T, OS grid SD 954 006). The gentle incline of its streets offers glimpses of distant Pennine hills, their heathered slopes softening the horizon under a sky that often carries the bruised hues of impending rain. Though its origins are rooted in the agricultural rhythms of a bygone era, the houses of Higher Hurst now stand in neat rows, their brickwork catching the diffused light of the North West. A sense of continuity pervades its residential heart, where the echoes of past generations seem to linger in the well-tended gardens and the quiet hum of daily life.
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Explore Higher Hurst, 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: 53.502650, -2.069718. 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. |