Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Preston · Region: North West
Explore Black Pole, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Black Pole 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.
| Place | Black Pole |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Preston |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.819964 |
| Longitude | -2.777790 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Black Pole, a quiet hamlet in Lancashire's Preston district, offers a tranquil presence in the North West of England. It lies 5.3 km north-west of Fulwood (from Fulwood: bearing 307°T, OS grid SD 488 362), and is situated east-north-east of Catforth village. The land around Black Pole unfolds with a gentle, pastoral grace, where hedgerows stitch the fields together under skies that often hold a soft, pearlescent light. Though small, this locality carries a sense of enduring quietude, a place where the passage of time feels measured by the slow turning of the seasons rather than the hurried demands of industry. The air here often carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and growing things, a subtle perfume that speaks of the agricultural heart still beating beneath the surface.
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Explore Black Pole, 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: 53.819964, -2.777790. 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 | June 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. |