Traditional county: Merseyside · District / Borough: Knowsley · Region: North West
Explore Swanside, Merseyside with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Swanside 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 | Swanside |
| Traditional County | Merseyside |
| District / Borough | Knowsley |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.415760 |
| Longitude | -2.882664 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Swanside breathes a quiet suburban air, a place of tidy gardens and well-trodden paths. It lies 5.3 km west-south-west of Prescot (from Prescot: bearing 253°T, OS grid SJ 414 913), and is situated south-south-west of Knowsley village. The light here often falls with a diffused, gentle quality, softening the edges of the brick-built homes and casting long shadows across the green spaces. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, there is a subtle sense of continuity, a quiet accumulation of everyday lives played out against a backdrop of unassuming architecture. The distant hum of transport, a constant murmur, reminds one of its connection to the wider Merseyside landscape, yet Swanside retains its own distinct, contained character.
Loading news…
Loading news-world…
Loading news-world…
Explore Swanside, 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: 53.415760, -2.882664. 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. |