Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Wyre · Region: North West
Explore Skippool, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Skippool 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 | Skippool |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Wyre |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.858228 |
| Longitude | -2.983284 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Skippool rests gently upon the Fylde coast, a quiet hamlet where the land meets the sky with a subtle grace. It lies 1.6 km north-north-east of Poulton-le-Fylde (from Poulton-le-Fylde: bearing 29°T, OS grid SD 354 406), and is situated east-north-east of Carleton village. The air here, often carrying the faint, clean scent of salt from the nearby Irish Sea, lends a peculiar clarity to the light that bathes the low-lying fields. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, Skippool possesses a certain understated charm, its modest dwellings clustered as if for companionship against the wide, open skies. The surrounding agricultural land, a patchwork of greens and browns under the ever-shifting Lancashire clouds, speaks of generations of quiet husbandry, a rhythm as dependable as the turning of the seasons.
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Explore Skippool, 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: 53.858228, -2.983284. 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. |