Traditional county: Lancashire · Unitary authority: Blackburn with Darwen · Region: North West
Explore Guide, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Guide 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 | Guide |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| Unitary Authority | Blackburn with Darwen |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.727969 |
| Longitude | -2.447400 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Guide's quiet presence in Lancashire holds a certain understated charm. It lies 3.3 km south-east of Blackburn (from Blackburn: bearing 138°T, OS grid SD 705 258), and is situated north-west of Belthorn village. The gentle slopes of the land around Guide, often softened by a luminous, diffused light, offer a sense of open space that belies its suburban character. Though not a place of grand pronouncements, the very air here seems to carry the echoes of generations who have lived and worked this land, their lives a quiet hum beneath the rustle of leaves. The fields, a patchwork of greens and browns under the expansive Lancashire sky, suggest a continuity with the agricultural past. Even the mundane act of a car passing along the lane can feel imbued with a simple, profound rhythm, a testament to the enduring pulse of everyday life.
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Explore Guide, 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: 53.727969, -2.447400. 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. |