Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: West Lancashire · Region: North West
Explore Westhead, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Westhead 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 Westhead, 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 | Westhead |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | West Lancashire |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.562918 |
| Longitude | -2.843588 |
| Place Type | Village |
Westhead reveals itself through a quiet geometry of stone and field, anchored firmly within the rolling topography of Lancashire. It lies 1.7 miles east-south-east of Ormskirk (from Ormskirk: bearing 104°T, OS grid SD 442 076), and is situated north-west of Blaguegate village. The landscape surrounding Westhead holds a particular clarity, where the light descends with a pale, silver weight upon the open pastures. To the east, the waters of Sefton Brook carve a modest, meandering path through the earth, marking the transition from agricultural soil to the wider basin. Centuries of rural labour have rendered the terrain orderly, leaving behind a stillness that persists even as the modern world stirs at the periphery. A short distance away, the historical resonance of the Cross Hall Moated Site remains, a silent witness to the medieval hands that first shaped these boundaries. Westhead retains a character defined by this deliberate pace, where the horizon remains wide and the air carries the sharp, clean scent of damp moss and turned earth. Such places endure because they do not strive for prominence, preferring instead to exist in the steady, rhythmic pulse of the seasons.
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Explore Westhead, 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: 53.562918, -2.843588. 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. |