No doesn’t need the browser location (unless you are using ‘current location’) because you put an actual value in there like a country or region or even an actual address and then input the radius.
In the search box element inspector - when you choose geographic places it will appear as ‘prefer results around’
Quite right, the browser only requests the location from the user if the “Current geographic location” is provided as the Dynamic value. Thanks for the correct @equibodyapp
Wow that worked perfectly, how crazy … the most simple solution and I hadn’t tried it! Just set the preferred distance (needs a bit of trial and error) but no worries because any addresses outside that radius show up fine, the radius is just prioritised in the results.