Traditional county: Lancashire · Unitary authority: Blackburn with Darwen · Region: North West
Explore Blacksnape, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Blacksnape 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Blacksnape, Lancashire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Blacksnape |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| Unitary Authority | Blackburn with Darwen |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.689366 |
| Longitude | -2.437299 |
| Place Type | Village |
Blacksnape emerges from the rugged Lancashire moorland as a place where the horizon seems to press closer to the earth. It lies 1.3 miles east-south-east of Darwen (from Darwen: bearing 108°T, OS grid SD 712 215), and is situated south-south-west of Hoddlesden village. The landscape here is defined by the sharp, unyielding inclination of the hills, where the light often catches the silvered surface of the nearby Blacksnape reservoir to cast a sudden, cold brilliance against the heather. Waters from the Hoddlesden Moss Brook wind through the lower reaches, carving a path through the gritstone with a persistence that echoes the industrious character of the local people. The air in Blacksnape carries the faint, bracing scent of damp peat and open sky, untainted by the clamour of larger manufacturing hubs. Centuries of toil in the surrounding quarries and mills have left a quiet gravity upon the stone walls that partition the fields. Blacksnape remains a testament to the endurance of those who first broke this stubborn soil, finding a spare and honest beauty in the very bleakness of the terrain.
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Explore Blacksnape, 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: 53.689366, -2.437299. 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 | August 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. |