Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Lancaster · Region: North West
Explore The Greaves, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the The Greaves 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 | The Greaves |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Lancaster |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 54.035812 |
| Longitude | -2.796855 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
The Greaves, a quiet suburb of Lancaster, whispers of a gentle existence. It lies 1.6 km south-south-east of Lancaster (from Lancaster: bearing 165°T, OS grid SD 479 602), and is situated east of Aldcliffe village. Here, the broad skies of Lancashire often cast a pearly light over the neat rows of houses, hinting at the agricultural lands that once defined this stretch. The air itself seems to carry a faint scent of damp earth and distant hedgerows, a subtle reminder of its pastoral roots before suburban growth took hold. Though no grand structures mark its landscape, the unassuming character of The Greaves speaks of steady, everyday lives lived out beneath the ever-present Lancashire clouds. The quietude of this place allows one to hear the distant murmur of traffic heading towards the city, a constant yet unobtrusive soundtrack.
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Explore The Greaves, 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: 54.035812, -2.796855. 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. |