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Westhead Lancashire Map

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.

Interactive Map of Westhead, Lancashire

How to Use This Westhead, Lancashire Map

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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PlaceWesthead
Traditional CountyLancashire
District / BoroughWest Lancashire
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.562918
Longitude-2.843588
Place TypeVillage

About Westhead

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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Sefton Brook (River) — 0.3 mi, 089° E
  • Cross Hall Moated Site (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 290° WNW
  • Squirrel Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 0.9 mi, 257° WSW
  • Postillion Cap (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.2 mi, 066° ENE
  • New Park Brook (River) — 1.3 mi, 343° NNW
  • The Arts Centre (Theatre) — 1.3 mi, 261° W
  • Goose Island Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.4 mi, 069° ENE
  • Burscough Augustinian Priory (Scheduled Monument) — 1.4 mi, 341° NNW · 1 ha
  • St Helens Road Park (Park) — 1.5 mi, 274° W
  • Burscough Priory (Historic Ruins) — 1.5 mi, 339° NNW
  • Earthworks In Spa Roughs Wood (Scheduled Monument) — 1.6 mi, 073° ENE · 3 ha
  • Burscough Brickpits (Park) — 1.8 mi, 344° NNW
  • Lowry Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.1 mi, 032° NNE
  • Cobb's Clough (Valley) — 2.6 mi, 086° E
  • Capitol Cinemas (Cinema) — 3.0 mi, 107° ESE
  • Amazing Novelty-Orium & Mechanical Museum (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 107° ESE
  • Skelmersdale Henge (Monument) — 3.1 mi, 097° E
  • Bickerstaffe Delf Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.3 mi, 176° S
  • Ashurst's Beacon (Viewpoint) — 3.6 mi, 087° E
  • Ashhurst's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 3.7 mi, 087° E
  • Original Site of Parbold Chapel (Monument) — 3.8 mi, 065° ENE
  • Martin Mere Visitor Centre (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 348° NNW
  • ruined farm or quarry workings (Historic Ruins) — 4.2 mi, 095° E
  • Martin Mere Education Centre (Attraction) — 4.2 mi, 348° NNW
  • Scarisbrick Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 4.3 mi, 313° NW · 178 ha
  • Martin Mere, Burscough Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.5 mi, 342° NNW · 120 ha
  • Ravenhead Brickworks Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.8 mi, 112° ESE · 22 ha
  • Acorn Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 5.0 mi, 182° S
  • Windmill Animal Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 5.0 mi, 347° NNW
  • Cedar Farm (Attraction) — 5.1 mi, 038° NE

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About This Westhead Map Page

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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.