Fowley Common Cheshire Map

About Fowley Common

Fowley Common draws its character from the gentle Cheshire plain, a landscape where hedgerows trace ancient boundaries and the sky often hangs a soft, pearly grey. It lies 4.6 km south-south-east of Leigh (from Leigh: bearing 162°T, OS grid SJ 670 958), and is situated south of Glazebury village. The land here, once perhaps a common for grazing livestock, now whispers of agricultural pasts, its fields yielding to the quiet diligence of modern farming. A sense of quiet continuity pervades Fowley Common, where the air itself seems to hold the scent of damp earth and distant woodsmoke. Though no grand edifices mark its presence, the unassuming nature of Fowley Common allows the subtle beauty of its rural setting to come to the fore, particularly in the soft, diffused light that filters through the leaves of mature oak trees lining its lanes.

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.