Argleton
53°32′40″N 2°54′46″W / 53.544404°N 2.912807°W Argleton is a non-existent location in Lancashire, notorious for appearing on Google Maps but not in real life. Its apparent location is south of Ormskirk, close to the A59.[1]
As a result of its appearance in the Google Maps database, the town is referred to by a number of websites offering local services.
The Sunday Telegraph has suggested that Argleton might be a trap street writ large.[1] It has also been suggested that it might be a simple mistake by Google Maps resulting from mispelling the name of the nearby village of Aughton[2].
References
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Rebecca Lefort (1 November 2009). "Mystery of Argleton, the 'Google' town that only exists online". Sunday Telegraph.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Hickman, Leo (3 November 2009). "Welcome to Argleton, the town that doesn't exist". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- Gemma Jaleel (2 April 2009). "Ormskirk man Roy Bayfield visits the Bermuda Triangle of West Lancashire – Argleton in Aughton". Ormskirk Advertiser.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Roy Bayfield (22 February 2009). "Destination: Argleton! Visiting an imaginary place". "Walking Home to 50" blog.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - Michael Nolan (9 September 2008). "Google Renames Village". Edge Hill University Web Services.
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