Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Preston · Region: North West
Explore Sherwood, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sherwood 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 | Sherwood |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Preston |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.790998 |
| Longitude | -2.696878 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Sherwood, a quiet suburb within Preston's district in Lancashire, offers a gentle embrace of suburban life. It lies 1.1 km east of Fulwood (from Fulwood: bearing 90°T, OS grid SD 541 329). Here, the late afternoon sun often casts a warm, softened glow across neat gardens, hinting at the quiet routines of its inhabitants. The air, particularly on a mild day, carries the faint, earthy scent of well-tended lawns and distant hedgerows, a subtle perfume of domesticity. Though not far from the bustle of larger centres, Sherwood retains a sense of its own peaceful rhythm, a place where the rustle of leaves in ancient trees might be the loudest sound one hears. The streets, lined with houses of varying eras, each seem to hold a quiet story, a testament to the lives lived within their walls. Sherwood, in its own unassuming way, provides a tranquil corner of England.
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Explore Sherwood, 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: 53.790998, -2.696878. 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. |