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Wrightington Lancashire Map

Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: West Lancashire · Region: North West

Explore Wrightington, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Wrightington 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 Wrightington, Lancashire

How to Use This Wrightington, Lancashire Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Wrightington, 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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PlaceWrightington
Traditional CountyLancashire
District / BoroughWest Lancashire
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.605911
Longitude-2.716617
Place TypeHamlet

About Wrightington

Wrightington emerges from the West Lancashire landscape as a collection of pastoral pockets defined by the shifting moods of the North West sky. It lies 2.5 miles west-north-west of Standish (from Standish: bearing 302°T, OS grid SD 526 123), and is situated west-south-west of Mossy Lea village. The terrain here rises toward the crest of Harrock Hill, where the horizon broadens to capture the pale, thin light common to these northern latitudes. Below these elevations, the ground retains a quiet moisture that nurtures the greenery of the Wrightington Bar Pasture Sssi, a small but vital fragment of preserved meadowland. Stone walls, weathered by centuries of rain, trace the boundaries of fields that have long supported the local agricultural character. The air often carries a stillness that gathers around the remnants of the old windmill, a silent sentinel overlooking the changing patterns of the farms. In the deeper folds of the land, the Fairy Glen offers a sheltered descent where the earth feels cooler and the shadows linger longer against the mossy banks. Wrightington maintains a composure that is neither hurried nor indifferent, holding its history in the quiet alignment of its lanes and the persistence of its rural rhythm.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Boar'S Den Bowl Barrow (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 213° SSW
  • Wrightington Bar Pasture Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.0 mi, 053° NE · 1 ha
  • Harrock Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.0 mi, 300° WNW
  • Old Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.0 mi, 152° SSE
  • Windmill (dis.) (Historic Ruins) — 1.1 mi, 295° WNW
  • Fairy Glen (Valley) — 1.2 mi, 207° SSW
  • Wrightington Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.2 mi, 153° SSE
  • Wrightington Pond New Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.2 mi, 153° SSE
  • Foumart's Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 160° SSE
  • Skull House Skull (Monument) — 1.5 mi, 188° S
  • Parbold Bottle (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 229° SW
  • Sprodley Brook (River) — 1.8 mi, 199° SSW
  • Almond Brook (River) — 1.9 mi, 139° SE
  • Cedar Farm (Attraction) — 2.3 mi, 296° WNW
  • Market Cross In The Marketplace To The West Of St Wilfrid'S Church, Standish (Scheduled Monument) — 2.6 mi, 120° ESE
  • Standish Mining Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 2.6 mi, 121° ESE
  • Orchard Garden (Park) — 2.7 mi, 040° NE
  • Millenium Green (Park) — 2.8 mi, 352° N
  • Cross Base On Green Lane 300M North Of Strickland House Farm, Standish (Scheduled Monument) — 2.9 mi, 127° SE
  • Charnock Richard Pasture Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.0 mi, 051° NE · 1 ha
  • Yarrow Valley Country Park (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 056° NE
  • Ashurst's Beacon (Viewpoint) — 3.2 mi, 209° SSW
  • ruined farm or quarry workings (Historic Ruins) — 3.5 mi, 198° SSW
  • Dean Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 3.7 mi, 175° S
  • Capitol Cinemas (Cinema) — 4.5 mi, 212° SSW
  • Amazing Novelty-Orium & Mechanical Museum (Museum) — 4.5 mi, 211° SSW
  • Astley Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 4.6 mi, 041° NE · 43 ha
  • Rufford Old Hall (Attraction) — 4.6 mi, 300° WNW
  • Stable Block to Astley Hall (Attraction) — 4.7 mi, 038° NE
  • Chorley Theatre (Theatre) — 4.7 mi, 046° NE

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About This Wrightington Map Page

Explore Wrightington, 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: 53.605911, -2.716617. 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.