Cottam Lancashire Map
Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Preston · Region: North West
Explore Cottam, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cottam 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.
Interactive Map of Cottam, Lancashire
How to Use This Cottam, Lancashire Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cottam, Lancashire, 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.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Lancashire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Cottam and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Cottam |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Preston |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.787872 |
| Longitude | -2.757297 |
| Place Type | Village |
About Cottam
Cottam rests on a landscape that seems to hold its breath, a quiet expanse in Lancashire. It lies 2.9 km west of Fulwood (from Fulwood: bearing 263°T, OS grid SD 502 326), and is situated south of Woodplumpton village. The fields surrounding Cottam, often a deep, rich loam, suggest a long agricultural lineage, their straight furrows a subtle geometry against the soft, rolling terrain. The sky here can be a vast, theatrical canvas, shifting from the pearly grey of a damp morning to the bruised purples of an approaching storm, imbuing the scattered farmsteads and the cluster of dwellings that form Cottam with a certain, unhurried dignity. The air, particularly after rain, carries the clean scent of damp earth and distant hedgerows, a perfume of the English countryside that clings to the very fabric of the place.
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About This Cottam Map Page
Explore Cottam, Lancashire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.787872, -2.757297. 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. |
