Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Wyre · Region: North West
Explore Raikes, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Raikes 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 Raikes, 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 | Raikes |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Wyre |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.872936 |
| Longitude | -2.992664 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Raikes reveals itself as a quiet convergence of suburban lanes tucked into the flat, expansive landscape of the Fylde peninsula. It lies 0.4 miles east-north-east of Thornton (from Thornton: bearing 64°T, OS grid SD 348 423). The sky here hangs wide and pale, often reflecting the silver-grey light that drifts inland from the nearby coast. Residents find a brief sanctuary in the manicured grass of Kenyon Gardens, where the air remains still even when the breeze freshens across the open fields. Beyond these borders, the land slopes gently toward the tidal rhythms of the Wyre Estuary Country Park, where the water pulls away to reveal salt-washed mudflats at low tide. Raikes maintains a steady, unremarkable character that keeps pace with the changing seasons rather than the rush of modern transit. The low-lying terrain offers little resistance to the wind, allowing the weather to sweep across the rooftops with a raw, unvarnished honesty. It is a place defined by the simple geometry of its roads and the persistent, damp scent of the nearby marshes that defines the edge of the world here.
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Explore Raikes, 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: 53.872936, -2.992664. 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. |