Traditional county: Merseyside · District / Borough: Liverpool · Region: North West
Explore Gateacre, Merseyside with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Gateacre 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 Gateacre, 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 | Gateacre |
| Traditional County | Merseyside |
| District / Borough | Liverpool |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.383291 |
| Longitude | -2.861846 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Gateacre retains a quiet dignity, possessing a lingering sense of enclosure that keeps the modern rush of Merseyside at a respectful distance. It lies 4.0 miles south-west of Prescot (from Prescot: bearing 216°T, OS grid SJ 427 877). Sandstone architecture defines the character of Gateacre, where the honey-coloured walls seem to absorb the low, grey light of the North West and hold it against the damp of the afternoon. A short walk to the west brings one to the verdant, sprawling expanse of Reynolds Park, where the mature trees break the wind and offer a sanctuary of deep, mossy shadow. The landscape here rises gently toward the elevation of Woolton Hill, providing a vantage point that softens the transition between the dense suburban sprawl and the remnants of older, agrarian boundaries. Residents move through these streets with a familiarity that suggests a long-standing dialogue with the geography, undisturbed by the transit of commuters nearby. The air carries a stillness that is rarely broken, save for the rustle of leaves or the distant, rhythmic hum of a life lived in the margins of a great port. In this place, time feels less like a river and more like a pool, still and reflective, mirroring the architecture of a century that refused to entirely vanish.
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Explore Gateacre, 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: 53.383291, -2.861846. 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. |