Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West
Explore Lowton Common, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lowton Common 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 Lowton Common, Manchester, 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 | Lowton Common |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.477188 |
| Longitude | -2.552110 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Lowton Common sustains the quiet industry of the North West, where the low-slung horizon of the Wigan district holds the memory of coal beneath its modern suburban quietude. It lies 1.9 miles east of Golborne (from Golborne: bearing 86°T, OS grid SJ 634 979), and is situated south-south-east of Crankwood village. The light here often catches the flat expanse of the landscape, casting long, pale shadows across the gardens that border the main thoroughfares. Just a short distance to the north, the reeds at The Flash shimmer in the wind, offering a grey-blue reflection of the shifting Lancashire sky. Residents of Lowton Common move through days defined by the steady pulse of the nearby roads, yet the proximity of Pennington Flash Country Park provides a sudden, wild reprieve of water and willow. The brickwork of older dwellings retains a faint, soot-stained dignity, a physical echo of the industrial heritage that once dictated the rhythm of every household. A sense of permanence persists in the way the local streets curve, following the ancient logic of a geography long since transformed by twentieth-century expansion. Such places possess a hidden weight, a stillness that endures despite the constant, restless movement of the motorway arteries that hem them in.
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Explore Lowton Common, Manchester, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.477188, -2.552110. 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. |