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Burnley Wood Lancashire Map

Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Burnley · Region: North West

Explore Burnley Wood, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Burnley Wood 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.

Interactive Map of Burnley Wood, Lancashire

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Burnley Wood, 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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PlaceBurnley Wood
Traditional CountyLancashire
District / BoroughBurnley
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.780238
Longitude-2.234453
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Burnley Wood

Burnley Wood holds the steady, grit-strewn memory of an industrial past where the Pennine rains once washed against the soot-darkened stone of terraced rows. It lies 0.6 miles south-east of Burnley (from Burnley: bearing 141°T, OS grid SD 846 315). The terrain climbs with a stubborn persistence toward the higher ground, where the air turns sharp and carries the scent of damp earth from the nearby expanse of Towneley Hall. Here, the heavy shadows of the 129-hectare historic park offer a silent, leafy contrast to the brickwork of the houses, creating a threshold between the domestic and the wild. Sunlight catches the slate roofs of Burnley Wood with a cold, pale clarity during the winter months, highlighting the deliberate, functional geometry of its Victorian streets. To the south, the deep, green crease of Copy Clough draws the gaze toward the rugged spine of the hills, grounding the neighbourhood in the ancient geology of Lancashire. The local character remains defined by this proximity to the untamed moorland, where the sky feels wider and more imposing than it does in the lower valley. Time here moves with the slow, rhythmic persistence of the seasons, indifferent to the shifting tides of commerce that once powered the looms of the north.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Ice House At Towneley Hall (Scheduled Monument) — 0.6 mi, 133° SE
  • Museum of Local Crafts & Industries (Museum) — 0.6 mi, 132° SE
  • Rose Hill Gardens (Park) — 0.7 mi, 251° WSW
  • Piccadilly Gardens (Park) — 0.7 mi, 300° WNW
  • Copy Clough (Valley) — 0.7 mi, 163° SSE
  • Towneley Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 0.7 mi, 118° ESE · 129 ha
  • Foldys Cross (Monument) — 0.7 mi, 147° SSE
  • Burnley Mechanics (Theatre) — 0.7 mi, 322° NW
  • Castle Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 145° SE
  • Park Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 099° E
  • Oakmount Mill Engine And Engine House, Wiseman Street (Scheduled Monument) — 0.9 mi, 315° NW
  • Warren At Everage Clough 450M North East Of New Copy Farm (Scheduled Monument) — 1.0 mi, 162° SSE · 1 ha
  • Burnley Youth Theatre (Theatre) — 1.2 mi, 012° NNE
  • Rowley Lake (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 054° NE
  • Dunnockshaw Community Woodland (Forest / Woodland) — 1.5 mi, 191° S
  • Dixon Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.6 mi, 163° SSE
  • River Brun (River) — 1.6 mi, 087° E
  • Long Syke (River) — 1.7 mi, 250° WSW
  • The Singing Ringing Tree (Public Artwork) — 1.7 mi, 170° S
  • Clowbridge Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.4 mi, 206° SSW
  • Queen Street Mill Textile Museum (Museum) — 2.5 mi, 033° NNE
  • Gawthorpe Textiles Collection (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 302° WNW
  • Burnley Training Ground (Attraction) — 3.0 mi, 300° WNW
  • HAPPA Horses And Ponies Protection Association (Attraction) — 3.2 mi, 049° NE
  • Weir War Memorial (Monument) — 3.2 mi, 161° SSE
  • Grime Bridge Colliery (Historic Ruins) — 4.1 mi, 177° S
  • British in India (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 018° NNE
  • High Gate (Historic Ruins) — 4.5 mi, 130° SE
  • Castercliff (Castle) — 4.9 mi, 029° NNE
  • Pendle Heritage Centre (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 011° N

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About This Burnley Wood Map Page

Explore Burnley Wood, 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: 53.780238, -2.234453. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.