Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Preston · Region: North West
Explore Cottam, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cottam 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 Cottam, Lancashire, 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 | Cottam |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Preston |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.787872 |
| Longitude | -2.757297 |
| Place Type | Village |
Cottam emerges from the Lancashire landscape as a place where modern residential ambition meets the persistent, quiet reach of the surrounding fields. It lies 1.8 miles west of Fulwood (from Fulwood: bearing 263°T, OS grid SD 502 326), and is situated south of Woodplumpton village. The morning light here often catches the dew upon Miller Green, casting a silver clarity over the grass that seems to sharpen the edges of the newer brickwork. A short distance away, the metal form of the Two Hounds Hunting Wild Boar stands as a strange, silent sentinel, its rusted limbs forever frozen in a chase that echoes the older, wilder history of these plains. Beyond the domestic boundaries, the slow, meandering pulse of Savick Brook draws a dark, liquid line through the earth, cooling the air as it journeys toward the sea. Cottam retains a certain reserve, its streets laid out with a geometric precision that contrasts sharply with the untamed, ancient sprawl of the sky above. The horizon remains wide and unencumbered, allowing the weather to roll in with a theatre of grey and gold that commands the attention of any watchful passerby. Such clarity of space grants the residents a sense of being both tethered to the city of Preston and entirely held by the open, breathing expanse of the Fylde.
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Explore Cottam, 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: 53.787872, -2.757297. 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. |