Argleton was a
phantom settlement that appeared on
Google Maps and
Google Earth but does not actually exist. The supposed location of Argleton was just off the
A59 road within the
civil parish of
Aughton in
West Lancashire,
England, which in reality is nothing more than empty fields. Data from
Google are used by other online information services which consequently treated Argleton as a real settlement within the L39
postcode area. As a result, Argleton also appeared in numerous listings for things such as real estate, employment and weather, but although the people, businesses and services listed are all in fact real, they are actually based elsewhere in the same postcode district. Google later removed the town from Google Maps.