Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Preston · Region: North West
Explore Tanterton, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Tanterton 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 | Tanterton |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Preston |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.788966 |
| Longitude | -2.741956 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Tanterton unfolds across the Lancashire landscape, a suburban expanse where the echoes of agricultural past still whisper. It lies 1.9 km west of Fulwood (from Fulwood: bearing 263°T, OS grid SD 512 327), and is situated east of Cottam village. The sky here, often a soft, diffused grey, lends a particular gentleness to the brick and tile of its homes, a subtle luminosity that catches the edges of hedging and the rounded crowns of trees. Once, perhaps, this was open field, the land stretching out under wide horizons, and even now, the low, even terrain suggests a continuity with that simpler, earthier time. The air carries the faint scent of damp soil and well-tended gardens, a scent that speaks not of grand pronouncements but of quiet, daily tending. Tanterton, though built for modern life, retains a connection to the slow, steady pulse of the surrounding countryside.
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Explore Tanterton, 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: 53.788966, -2.741956. 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. |