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North Ashton Manchester Map

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

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

How to Use This North Ashton, Manchester Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for North Ashton, 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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PlaceNorth Ashton
Traditional CountyManchester
District / BoroughWigan
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.499487
Longitude-2.663760
Place TypeSuburban Area

About North Ashton

North Ashton offers a tranquil contemplation of the Wigan landscape, a place where the subtle shift of seasons colours the everyday. It lies 2.1 km north-west of Ashton-in-Makerfield (from Ashton-in-Makerfield: bearing 306°T, OS grid SD 560 005), and is situated east-north-east of Simm's Lane End village. The quietude here is not an emptiness, but a fullness of quiet moments, perhaps best observed in the way afternoon light softens the brickwork of older dwellings and lends a momentary glow to the damp earth of the lanes. Evidence of its past, when mining once shaped the local character, can still be glimpsed in the low, sturdy profiles of some buildings, suggesting a resilience built from necessity. The air, carrying the faint scent of damp soil and distant greenery, often feels still, as if holding its breath before a gentle breeze stirs the leaves of the mature trees that line its residential streets. North Ashton’s character is one of understated presence, a corner of England that asks for little but offers a steady, unassuming charm to those who take the time to notice.

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About This North Ashton Map Page

Explore North Ashton, 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: 53.499487, -2.663760. 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 builtAugust 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.