Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Rossendale · Region: North West
Explore Cribden Side, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Cribden Side 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 | Cribden Side |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Rossendale |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.717720 |
| Longitude | -2.315446 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Cribden Side, a small collection of homes, rests against the enduring contours of the Lancashire landscape. It lies 1.6 km north-north-east of Haslingden (from Haslingden: bearing 26°T, OS grid SD 792 246), and is situated east-south-east of Acre village. The hamlet feels a quiet echo of the industrial past, its stone cottages holding the memory of the mills that once hummed in the surrounding valleys. The light here often falls with a peculiar softness, a muted watercolour wash that softens the sharp lines of the hills and lends a certain grace to the commonest of stones. To the north, the land rises towards Cribden, its higher reaches often shrouded in a fine mist, a breath of the wild that whispers of ancient moorland. The air, even on a still day, seems to carry a faint, mineral tang, a reminder of the earth's deep reserves. Cribden Side, though modest, possesses a stoic beauty, a quiet resilience etched into its very being.
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Explore Cribden Side, 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: 53.717720, -2.315446. 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. |