Norcross Lancashire Map

About Norcross

Norcross lies quiet and unassuming in Lancashire's Wyre district. It lies 1.3 km south-west of Thornton (from Thornton: bearing 229°T, OS grid SD 332 411). The land hereabouts, a gentle sweep of green towards the coast, often carries a pearly light, particularly after a rain, that seems to soften the edges of the distant Fylde. Farming has long been the quiet pulse of Norcross, with fields stretching out like patchwork quilts under the wide, often cloud-laden skies. Though no grand abbeys or ancient castles mark its immediate landscape, the air itself seems to hold a certain stillness, a heritage of generations who worked this soil with patient hands. The lanes, often bordered by hedgerows thick with hawthorn and bramble, offer a sense of humble continuity, a place where the passage of time is measured more by the changing seasons than by the clamour of progress.

About This Norcross Map Page

Explore Norcross, 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: 53.862654, -3.016294. 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.