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Fowley Common Cheshire Map

Traditional county: Cheshire · Unitary authority: Warrington · Region: North West

Explore Fowley Common, Cheshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Fowley Common 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 Fowley Common, Cheshire

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Fowley Common, Cheshire, 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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PlaceFowley Common
Traditional CountyCheshire
Unitary AuthorityWarrington
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.458275
Longitude-2.497044
Place TypeVillage

About Fowley Common

Fowley Common asserts its presence through a quiet, damp persistence that defines the low-lying plains of Cheshire. It lies 2.8 miles south-south-east of Leigh (from Leigh: bearing 162°T, OS grid SJ 670 958), and is situated south of Glazebury village. The horizon here is dominated by the expansive, peat-rich stretches of the Risley, Holcroft and Chat Moss, a landscape that holds the memory of ancient bogs beneath its flat, industrious surface. To the east, the Jibcroft Brook traces a narrow, silver vein through the fields, its waters moving with a deliberate, sluggish grace that reflects the grey-blue skies of the North West. Fowley Common acts as a sentinel to this wetland geography, where the air often tastes of turned earth and the cooling moisture of distant tides. The light at dusk stretches thin across the flat pastures, catching the edges of the drainage ditches that keep the soil from surrendering entirely to the encroaching moss. Here, the boundary between firm land and the fluid, shifting history of the peat is marked by the steady, unpretentious labour of those who work the periphery. Life in Fowley Common remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, dictated by the slow drainage of the land and the quiet, persistent expansion of the surrounding wild.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Risley, Holcroft And Chat Moss (National Nature Reserve)locality lies within · 529 ha
  • Jibcroft Brook (River) — 0.3 mi, 063° ENE
  • Glaze Brook (River) — 0.5 mi, 029° NNE
  • The Millennium Garden (Public Artwork) — 1.0 mi, 245° WSW
  • Lately Common (Park) — 1.4 mi, 357° N
  • Wild Wings Birds of Prey (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 1.4 mi, 225° SW
  • Astley & Bedford Mosses Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.7 mi, 052° NE · 92 ha
  • Pestfurlong Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.7 mi, 176° S
  • Low Common (Park) — 1.8 mi, 001° N
  • Hope Carr (Wetland) — 1.8 mi, 343° NNW
  • Holcroft Moss Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.9 mi, 151° SSE · 19 ha
  • Promontory Fort 300M West Of Great Woolden Hall Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.9 mi, 137° SE · 1 ha
  • Taylor's Hole (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.4 mi, 330° NNW
  • Morley'S Hall Moated Site (Scheduled Monument) — 2.4 mi, 030° NNE
  • North West Computer Museum (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 003° N
  • Leigh Film Factory (Cinema) — 2.4 mi, 003° N
  • Leigh Spinners Mill Heritage Centre (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 003° N
  • Leigh Town Hall Archives (Museum) — 2.8 mi, 341° NNW
  • WWII Air Raid Shelter (Historic Ruins) — 2.8 mi, 133° SE
  • The Flash (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.9 mi, 314° NW
  • Ackers Whitley's Basin (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.2 mi, 315° NW
  • Wood End Pit AKA Bedford Colliery marker stone, former coal mine. (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 009° N
  • Astley Green Colliery: Engine House And Headgear (Scheduled Monument) — 3.3 mi, 040° NE
  • Winding House (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 039° NE
  • Lancashire Mining Museum (Museum) — 3.3 mi, 039° NE
  • Multisol (Attraction) — 3.4 mi, 118° ESE
  • Marker Stone for Gin Pit mine (Monument) — 3.4 mi, 016° NNE
  • Botany Bay Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 3.6 mi, 067° ENE
  • Bickershaw Junction (Historic Ruins) — 3.9 mi, 311° NW
  • Tyldesley Little Theatre (Theatre) — 3.9 mi, 016° NNE

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About This Fowley Common Map Page

Explore Fowley Common, Cheshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.458275, -2.497044. 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.