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Edge Fold Lancashire Map

Traditional county: Lancashire · Unitary authority: Blackburn with Darwen · Region: North West

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Place	Edge Fold
Traditional County	Lancashire
Unitary Authority	Blackburn with Darwen
Region	North West
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	53.659233
Longitude	-2.420917
Place Type	Hamlet

About Edge Fold

Edge Fold retains a stark, moorland austerity that marks the transition between the industrial grit of the Lancashire valleys and the wilder, higher ground of the Pennine fringes. It lies 3.1 miles south-east of Darwen (from Darwen: bearing 143°T, OS grid SD 722 181), and is situated east-south-east of Bull Hill village. The landscape surrounding Edge Fold is defined by a slow, tectonic heaviness, where the earth seems to hold the memory of the coal workings that once punctuated the horizon. To the south-west, the slopes of Burton Hill rise with a sombre, unyielding presence, casting long shadows that stretch toward the water’s edge. Nearby, the dark, reflective expanse of the Turton and Entwistle Reservoir mirrors the shifting grey of the northern sky, breaking the monotony of the upland heather. Whittlestone Head Brook carves a shallow, persistent path through the terrain, its movement a quiet counterpoint to the stillness of the surrounding crags. The wind here possesses a sharp, clean edge, scouring the stone walls that demarcate the ancient grazing boundaries of Edge Fold. Here, the light does not merely fall; it clarifies, stripping the world of artifice and revealing the bone-deep character of this high, exposed terrain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Burton Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.1 mi, 229° SW
Whittlestone Head Brook (River) — 0.3 mi, 042° NE
Turton and Entwistle Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.4 mi, 201° SSW
Black Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.4 mi, 314° NW
Simms Clough (Valley) — 0.5 mi, 244° WSW
Wayoh Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.7 mi, 124° SE
Broadhead Brook (River) — 0.7 mi, 065° ENE
Coking Ovens And Associated Coal Workings On Aushaw Moss 450M South West Of Lower House (Scheduled Monument) — 1.1 mi, 038° NE · 11 ha
Sharples Meadow (Park) — 1.4 mi, 128° SE
West Pennine Moors Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.5 mi, 284° WNW · 76k acres
Stone Circle, Ring Cairn And Two Round Cairns On Cheetham Close (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 193° SSW
Grainings Wood (Park) — 1.6 mi, 311° NW
Scotland Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.8 mi, 356° N
Turton Tower (Attraction) — 1.9 mi, 165° SSE
Whitehall Park (Historic Park or Garden) — 2.0 mi, 303° WNW · 6 ha
Steam Tramway Reversing Triangle (Scheduled Monument) — 2.1 mi, 314° NW
Gale Clough And Shooterslee Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.8 mi, 206° SSW · 9 ha
Pilgrim's Stone (Monument) — 3.0 mi, 089° E
The Weaver Bird (Public Artwork) — 3.1 mi, 324° NW
Darwen Theatre (Theatre) — 3.2 mi, 324° NW
Jubilee Tower (Darwen Tower) (Monument) — 3.5 mi, 307° NW
Hollinshead Hall (Historic Ruins) — 3.9 mi, 286° WNW
Tockholes Number 3 Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 4.0 mi, 291° WNW
Smithills Open Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 4.0 mi, 198° SSW
Higher Mill (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 059° ENE
Whitakers' Mill (Museum) — 4.0 mi, 058° ENE
Hall i' th' Wood Museum (Museum) — 4.1 mi, 179° S
Ramsbottom Co-Operative Hall (Theatre) — 4.3 mi, 101° E
Higher Hempshaw's Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 4.8 mi, 256° WSW
The Bolton Steam Museum (Museum) — 5.3 mi, 195° SSW

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