Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Wyre · Region: North West
Explore Skitham, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Skitham 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 Skitham, 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 | Skitham |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Wyre |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.884187 |
| Longitude | -2.873975 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Skitham emerges from the flat, heavy loam of the Wyre landscape like a quiet thought held between the fields. It lies 4.3 miles west-south-west of Garstang (from Garstang: bearing 253°T, OS grid SD 426 434), and is situated east-north-east of Out Rawcliffe village. Low horizons define the sky here, allowing the quality of light to stretch thin and silver across the pastures, illuminating the damp earth where the Skitham Watercourse charts its sluggish, vital path. The land carries a singular stillness, broken only by the sudden, sharp flight of a lapwing rising above the reeds. To the east, the modest rise of Trashy Hill interrupts the otherwise relentless level, providing a solitary anchor for the gaze. Skitham maintains a posture of agricultural endurance, where the rhythm of the seasons dictates the texture of the lanes more than any human decree. The air often holds the scent of cool, standing water and turned soil, a sensory reminder of the proximity to the low-lying basins of the region. Through this quiet geography, Skitham remains a place where the wide, Lancashire sky commands a profound and unadorned attention.
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Explore Skitham, 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: 53.884187, -2.873975. 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. |