Garswood Merseyside Map

About Garswood

Garswood breathes a quiet suburban air, a place where the edges of town blur into the fields. It lies 2.1 km west of Ashton-in-Makerfield (from Ashton-in-Makerfield: bearing 280°T, OS grid SJ 556 996), and is situated south-east of Simm's Lane End village. The light here often possesses a soft, diffused quality, filtering through the mature trees that line its residential streets, hinting at the deeper, more pastoral landscape that surrounds it. Though its origins are rooted in the agricultural past of Lancashire, Garswood today speaks of a more settled existence, where the echoes of industry have faded into the gentle hum of everyday life. The occasional glimpse of a well-tended garden, ablaze with the vibrant hues of summer roses, offers a small, domestic beauty against the wider expanse of Merseyside's green belt.

About This Garswood Map Page

Explore Garswood, 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: 53.491958, -2.669446. 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.