Traditional county: Merseyside · District / Borough: Liverpool · Region: North West
Explore Craven Wood, Merseyside with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Craven Wood 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 Craven Wood, Merseyside, 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 | Craven Wood |
| Traditional County | Merseyside |
| District / Borough | Liverpool |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.449781 |
| Longitude | -2.882843 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Craven Wood emerges as a quiet threshold between the dense industrial heritage of Merseyside and the sprawling, verdant memory of the old estates. It lies 2.3 miles south of Kirkby (from Kirkby: bearing 171°T, OS grid SJ 414 951), and is situated west-south-west of Knowsley village. The horizon here is marked by a persistent, grey-blue light that seems to gather over the nearby meadows, softening the edges of brick terraces and garden fences. Residents of Craven Wood often look toward the south, where the expansive grounds of Croxteth Hall and Country Park offer a vast, green respite from the surrounding urban grid. During the damp mornings of autumn, the air carries a faint, sharp scent of damp earth and leaf mould, drifting from the direction of Croxteth Brook. This watercourse delineates the boundary of the landscape, tracing a slow, deliberate path through the fields that once belonged to the Earls of Sefton. The rhythm of daily life in Craven Wood remains tethered to these nearby open spaces, where the legacy of landed gentry still informs the scale and character of the surroundings. Even as the modern world encroaches, the stillness near the ponds retains a singular, enduring gravity that defines the local atmosphere.
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Explore Craven Wood, Merseyside, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.449781, -2.882843. 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. |