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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Cribden Side, 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 | 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 occupies a rugged fold in the Rossendale landscape where the gritstone earth meets a perpetually shifting northern sky. It lies 1.0 miles north-north-east of Haslingden (from Haslingden: bearing 26°T, OS grid SD 792 246), and is situated east-south-east of Acre village. Above the rooftops, the steep rise of Cribden Hill acts as a silent sentinel, casting long, bruised shadows across the stone cottages as the afternoon light wanes. To the north, the narrow defile of Sherfin Clough channels the wind, carrying the sharp, clean scent of damp bracken and exposed rock into the heart of the houses. The architecture here reflects the industrial grit of Lancashire, with sturdy masonry that seems to have grown directly from the hillside rather than being placed upon it. Residents often look toward the distant, glowing silhouette of the Halo Panopticon, a metallic ring that commands the southern horizon with a futuristic, stark geometry. Life in Cribden Side moves with the deliberate pace of the seasons, indifferent to the hurried progress of the modern world down in the valley. Every stone wall and gatepost serves as a quiet witness to the generations who have carved a living from this challenging, windswept terrain.
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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 | 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. |