Grindleton Lancashire Map

About Grindleton

Grindleton surveys the Ribble Valley’s gentle sweep of green, its houses clustered like sheep against the encroaching fells. It lies 3.7 km north-north-east of Clitheroe (from Clitheroe: bearing 22°T, OS grid SD 760 455), and is situated west-south-west of Sawley village. A whisper of the ancient forest that once clad these slopes still seems to linger in the air, particularly when the low afternoon sun catches the distant, rolling contours of Pendle Hill. The River Ribble, a silver thread at the valley's heart, has shaped the land and the lives within Grindleton for centuries, its waters a constant, murmuring presence. The solid stone of its older buildings speaks of resilience, of hands that worked the earth and quarried the very rock that forms its foundations. Even the quietude of Grindleton seems to hold a deeper resonance, a stillness earned rather than imposed.

About This Grindleton Map Page

Explore Grindleton, 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: 53.905866, -2.365844. 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.