Traditional county: Merseyside · District / Borough: Sefton · Region: North West
Explore Thornton, Merseyside with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Thornton 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 | Thornton |
| Traditional County | Merseyside |
| District / Borough | Sefton |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.501615 |
| Longitude | -3.000806 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Thornton, a quiet corner of Sefton, breathes a gentle rhythm of suburban calm. It lies 3.2 km north-north-east of Crosby (from Crosby: bearing 27°T, OS grid SD 337 010), and is situated south-west of Lunt village. The sky above Thornton often unfurls in broad, painterly washes, its light catching the verdant fields that still hold sway, a reminder of its agricultural past. Though now a place of dwelling, the faintest scent of turned earth can sometimes drift on the breeze, a whisper from days when the land itself was the prime concern. The lanes here, winding with a natural grace, invite contemplation, their hedgerows a verdant tapestry woven with the subtle hues of wild blossoms in season. Thornton, in its unassuming way, offers a peaceful repose.
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Explore Thornton, 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: 53.501615, -3.000806. 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. |