Traditional county: Merseyside · District / Borough: St. Helens · Region: North West
Explore Rainhill, Merseyside with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rainhill 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 | Rainhill |
| Traditional County | Merseyside |
| District / Borough | St. Helens |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.413719 |
| Longitude | -2.765496 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Rainhill, a settled place in Merseyside, feels the steady pulse of its suburban life, a quiet hum beneath the vast expanse of English sky. It lies 3.2 km east-south-east of Prescot (from Prescot: bearing 124°T, OS grid SJ 492 910), and is situated north of Cronton village. The land here, gently rolling towards the Mersey, has long been shaped by human endeavour, from the echoes of its agricultural past to the more recent threads of industry that have woven themselves into its character. Even now, the quality of the afternoon light falling across the well-tended gardens and the neat rows of houses seems to hold a particular, enduring charm, hinting at the lives lived and the stories held within the brick and mortar. The broad avenues, often lined with mature trees, offer a sense of established order, a quiet testament to the generations who have made Rainhill their home.
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Explore Rainhill, 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: 53.413719, -2.765496. 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. |