Lathom (/ˈleɪðəm/)[1] is a village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Ormskirk.

By 1189 Robert Fitzhenry de Lathom possessed lands throughout south Lancashire, extending to Flixton in the barony of Manchester.

Robert de Lathom, in the reign of Edward I was granted the right to hold a market and an annual fair.

[9] Lathom, which measured about six miles from north to south, covered an area of 8,694½ acres in west Lancashire.

To the west of the Eller Brook is Wirples Moss and in the south is the hamlet of Westhead, near Cross Hall.

The main roads in the north pass west to east from Burscough to Newburgh, and in the south from Ormskirk to Dalton.

The geology of the western part of the township consists of the bunter series of the new red sandstone, with overlying beds of lower keuper sandstone, the eastern part lies on the Middle and Lower Coal Measures of the Lancashire Coalfield.

The service run by Northern with good connections to Southport and Manchester, each having approximately one train every two hours.