Traditional county: Cheshire · Unitary authority: Warrington · Region: North West
Explore Wood Head, Cheshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Wood Head 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 Wood Head, 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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| Place | Wood Head |
| Traditional County | Cheshire |
| Unitary Authority | Warrington |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.443534 |
| Longitude | -2.591706 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Wood Head emerges from the Cheshire landscape as a quiet cluster of dwellings defined by the steady, unpretentious character of the North West. It lies 2.2 miles south of Golborne (from Golborne: bearing 174°T, OS grid SJ 607 942), and is situated north-north-east of Winwick village. The light here catches the damp, low-lying fields in a way that suggests a long, slow accumulation of seasons rather than the sudden shifts of modernity. Only a short distance away, the waters of St Oswald’s Well offer a cool, reflective stillness to the earth, marking a site of age-old devotion that has outlasted the generations. Beyond the immediate boundaries of Wood Head, the land carries the heavy, invisible memory of the Battle of Winwick, where the soil once drank deep of a more turbulent history. Today, the horizon remains open and uncrowded, allowing the wind to sweep across the pasture with a clarity that seems to sharpen the edges of the distant trees. Wood Head maintains a composure born of its modest scale, where the rhythm of the day is dictated more by the turning of the weather than by the bustle of the nearby roads. Such places retain a singular dignity, holding their ground against the encroachment of the surrounding sprawl with a quiet, persistent grace.
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Explore Wood Head, 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: 53.443534, -2.591706. 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 | August 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. |