Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Wyre · Region: North West
Explore Shireshead, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shireshead 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 Shireshead, 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 | Shireshead |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Wyre |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.953684 |
| Longitude | -2.761580 |
| Place Type | Other Settlement |
Shireshead emerges from the quiet, verdant folds of the Wyre district as a place defined by the slow, deliberate pulse of the Lancashire countryside. It lies 3.6 miles north of Garstang (from Garstang: bearing 8°T, OS grid SD 501 511), and is situated east of Forton village. The light here often lingers in long, pale ribbons across the fields, catching the moisture that rises from the damp earth during the cooler hours of the morning. To the south, the canopy of Cleveley Woods offers a deep, shaded sanctuary where the air remains heavy with the scent of pine needles and damp loam. Nearby, the water of Ashbournes Brook traces a silver, winding path through the landscape, its movement providing a constant, low murmur against the silence of the pastures. Shireshead maintains a character shaped by these modest waterways and the ancient, uneven boundaries of its agricultural holdings. The horizon is wide and largely undisturbed, allowing the weather to roll in with an unadorned, dramatic intensity that reveals the true scale of the sky. Such a landscape demands a certain patience from those who dwell there, rewarding them with the shifting, subtle colours of the seasons as they turn across the horizon.
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Explore Shireshead, 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: 53.953684, -2.761580. 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. |