Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Preston · Region: North West
Explore Catforth, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Catforth 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.
| Place | Catforth |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Preston |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.815671 |
| Longitude | -2.797684 |
| Place Type | Village |
Catforth rests in the broad Lancashire landscape. It lies 6.1 km north-east of Kirkham (from Kirkham: bearing 53°T, OS grid SD 475 357), and is situated north-west of Swillbrook village. The fields around Catforth, often cut by the sharp line of hedgerows, breathe the damp air of the Fylde, a land where the sky feels vast and close. This is a place where the quiet hum of agricultural life persists, the soil itself a deep, rich brown. The houses, some of brick, others of stone softened by age, face out onto lanes that wind with a gentle, unhurried purpose. The air here, particularly after rain, carries the clean scent of turned earth and distant livestock, a simple perfume of the countryside.
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Explore Catforth, Lancashire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.815671, -2.797684. 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 | June 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. |