(Suburban Area)
Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Oldham · Region: North West
Explore Roundthorn, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Roundthorn 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 Roundthorn, 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 | Roundthorn |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Oldham |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.533828 |
| Longitude | -2.086743 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Roundthorn endures as a quiet patchwork of industrial heritage and suburban persistence within the Oldham district. It lies 0.7 miles west-south-west of Lees (from Lees: bearing 244°T, OS grid SD 943 041). The terrain here holds a subtle, muscular quality, defined by the steady reclamation of land that once fed the hungry kilns of the nearby Lowside Brickworks SSSI. Beneath the expansive, often bruised skies of the North West, the low-lying ridges catch a pale, silver light that seems to linger on the brickwork of older terraces. Residents walk paths that descend into the damp, shadowed hollows of Snipe Clough, where the air grows heavy and cool with the scent of wild garlic and turning earth. Roundthorn balances the weight of its manufacturing past with the modern quietude of residential streets that climb toward the horizon. The landscape retains a certain stubbornness, refusing to be smoothed away by the march of progress, instead holding onto the rugged character of the Pennine foothills. Every chimney stack and garden wall contributes to a sense of place that is both utilitarian and strangely poignant in the waning afternoon.
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Explore Roundthorn, 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: 53.533828, -2.086743. 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. |