Traditional county: Merseyside · District / Borough: Knowsley · Region: North West
Explore Horn Smithies, Merseyside with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Horn Smithies 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 | Horn Smithies |
| Traditional County | Merseyside |
| District / Borough | Knowsley |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.422751 |
| Longitude | -2.859605 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Horn Smithies, a name that perhaps evokes the clatter of a bygone era, now stands as a quiet corner of Merseyside. It lies 3.7 km west-south-west of Prescot (from Prescot: bearing 258°T, OS grid SJ 429 921). The landscape around Horn Smithies unfolds with a gentle, unassuming beauty, where fields, still bearing the faint scent of turned earth, meet the tidy lines of suburban dwellings. The light here often possesses a soft, diffused quality, particularly in the late afternoon, casting long shadows that lend a certain depth to the ordinary. Though its origins may be lost to the mists of time, one can imagine the quiet industry that once defined this locality, a hum that has since been replaced by the more contemporary rhythms of daily life. The air, carrying the dampness from nearby waterways, speaks of a connection to the land that persists, even as the outward appearance of Horn Smithies has evolved.
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Explore Horn Smithies, 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: 53.422751, -2.859605. 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. |