Geography
Further information: Geography of Greater Manchester Cheetham Hill, shown within Manchester.At 53°30′14″N 2°13′51″W / 53.50389°N 2.23083°W / 53.50389; -2.23083 (53.504°, -2.231°), and 164 miles (264 km) northwest of central London, Cheetham Hill is located above the midpoint of the Greater Manchester Urban Area, 1.4 miles (2.3 km) north-northeast of Manchester city centre. To the north, Cheetham Hill is bordered by Crumpsall, to the west by Broughton in Salford, to the east and south-east by Harpurhey and Collyhurst, and by Manchester city centre to the south.
Cheetham Hill lies on "rising ground", and is completely urbanised.
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