Traditional county: Merseyside · District / Borough: Wirral · Region: North West
Explore Oxton, Merseyside with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Oxton 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 Oxton, 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 | Oxton |
| Traditional County | Merseyside |
| District / Borough | Wirral |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.381720 |
| Longitude | -3.052234 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Oxton reveals its character through a labyrinth of sandstone walls and elevated lanes that catch the low, slanted light of the Wirral peninsula. It lies 1.8 miles west-south-west of Birkenhead (from Birkenhead: bearing 242°T, OS grid SJ 301 877). Victorian villas of red and yellow stone stand with a quiet gravity, their gables casting long, sharp shadows across the quiet thoroughfares. The landscape here rises into a ridge, granting Oxton a vantage point that feels removed from the industrial hum of the nearby docks. Nearby, the quiet greenery of the Edward Kemp Community Garden offers a refuge of cultivated calm, where the air stays still and heavy with the scent of damp earth. Residents often walk the short distance south to Duck Pond Lake Park, where the water mirrors the shifting grey of the English sky with glassy precision. Oxton retains a distinct architectural cohesion, defined by the enduring strength of local stone and the rhythmic spacing of its nineteenth-century terraces. This deliberate arrangement of brick and mortar ensures that Oxton maintains a singular, dignified presence on the rising ground above the Mersey.
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Explore Oxton, 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: 53.381720, -3.052234. 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. |