Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: West Lancashire · Region: North West
Explore Mossy Lea, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Mossy Lea 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 | Mossy Lea |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | West Lancashire |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.609424 |
| Longitude | -2.703255 |
| Place Type | Village |
Mossy Lea lies like a quiet sigh upon the Lancashire plain. It lies 3.6 km north-west of Standish (from Standish: bearing 315°T, OS grid SD 535 127), and is situated south of Wrightington Bar village. The land here, a gently rolling expanse, often catches the low, diffused light of the north, lending a soft, pearlescent sheen to the fields that surround Mossy Lea. Though no great river flows through it, the occasional drainage ditch, reflecting the bruised hues of a late afternoon sky, offers a whisper of water's passage. The houses of Mossy Lea seem to huddle together, their brickwork a warm, earthy tone against the often-grey canvas of the heavens, suggesting a shared resilience. The air carries the faint, clean scent of damp soil and distant hedgerows, a constant reminder of the agricultural heart that beats quietly beneath its surface.
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Explore Mossy Lea, 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: 53.609424, -2.703255. 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. |