Traditional county: Manchester · District / Borough: Wigan · Region: North West
Explore Lowton Heath, Manchester with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Lowton Heath 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 | Lowton Heath |
| Traditional County | Manchester |
| District / Borough | Wigan |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.464875 |
| Longitude | -2.587604 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Lowton Heath, a quiet hamlet in the Wigan district, carries the gentle hum of its Lancashire surroundings. It lies 1.3 km south-south-east of Golborne (from Golborne: bearing 150°T, OS grid SJ 610 966), and is situated north-east of Town of Lowton village. Its fields, often catching the low, golden light of an afternoon sun, speak of a long agricultural inheritance, where the soil itself seems to hold a quiet dignity. The air here can carry a faint, earthy scent, a reminder of the land that has sustained generations. Though small, Lowton Heath possesses a character that is both unassuming and deeply rooted, a place where the pace of life feels measured, like the slow turning of the seasons. The distant murmur of traffic from the nearby roads serves only to accentuate the prevailing stillness of this corner of Greater Manchester.
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Explore Lowton Heath, 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: 53.464875, -2.587604. 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. |