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Higher Audley Lancashire Map

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

Explore Higher Audley, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Higher Audley 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.

Interactive Map of Higher Audley, Lancashire

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Higher Audley, 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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PlaceHigher Audley
Traditional CountyLancashire
Unitary AuthorityBlackburn with Darwen
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.744330
Longitude-2.467937
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Higher Audley

Higher Audley maintains a persistent, industrial quietude that speaks to its origins as a working quarter of Lancashire. It lies 0.7 miles south-east of Blackburn (from Blackburn: bearing 126°T, OS grid SD 692 276). Red-brick terraces define the streets, their facades catching a pale, northern light that seems to highlight the soot-stained history of the masonry. To the west, the River Blakewater traces a path through the landscape, its waters once the lifeblood of the mills that gave Higher Audley its initial purpose. A short distance to the south-east, the twelve hectares of Queen’s Park provide a verdant contrast to the dense domestic architecture, offering a green refuge where the air feels lighter against the skin. The terrain here rises with a subtle, stubborn insistence, reflecting the broader topography of the North West as it climbs toward the Pennine foothills. Every chimney stack and slate roof in Higher Audley serves as a reminder of the generations who laboured in the shadow of the smoke. Today, the pace of life has slowed, leaving the streets to the quiet passage of residents and the occasional rustle of leaves from the nearby parkland.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Queen's Park (Park) — 0.5 mi, 126° SE
  • River Blakewater (River) — 0.5 mi, 271° W
  • Queen'S Park, Blackburn (Historic Park or Garden) — 0.5 mi, 126° SE · 12 ha
  • Vue Blackburn (Cinema) — 0.5 mi, 276° W
  • Barbara Castle (Public Artwork) — 0.8 mi, 292° WNW
  • King Georges Hall (Theatre) — 0.8 mi, 294° WNW
  • Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 0.8 mi, 303° WNW
  • REEL Cinema Blackburn (Cinema) — 0.8 mi, 290° WNW
  • St Paul's Gardens (Park) — 0.9 mi, 290° WNW
  • Little Harwood Brook (River) — 1.0 mi, 012° NNE
  • Fishmoor Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.1 mi, 159° SSE
  • Abbott Clough (Valley) — 1.2 mi, 071° ENE
  • Guide Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 149° SSE
  • Thwaites Empire Theatre (Theatre) — 1.3 mi, 230° SW
  • The Tank Toposcope (Viewpoint) — 1.5 mi, 315° NW
  • Colourfields Panopticon (Viewpoint) — 1.5 mi, 307° NW
  • Part Of Witton Old Hall Medieval Lordly Residence 340M North East Of Feniscliffe Bridge (Scheduled Monument) — 1.7 mi, 261° W
  • Ornamental Pond (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.9 mi, 263° W
  • Billinge Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.1 mi, 278° W
  • Fernhurst Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 2.2 mi, 213° SSW
  • Remains Of Aspen Colliery, Associated Beehive Coking Ovens And Canal Basin (Scheduled Monument) — 2.9 mi, 079° E
  • Harper Clough And Smalley Delph Quarries Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.1 mi, 033° NNE · 3 ha
  • Roman Signal Station On Mellor Moor (Scheduled Monument) — 3.1 mi, 317° NW
  • Stanworth Woods (Forest / Woodland) — 3.5 mi, 235° SW
  • Jubilee Tower (Darwen Tower) (Monument) — 3.9 mi, 192° SSW
  • Accrington Dome (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 082° E
  • Old Park Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 4.5 mi, 326° NW
  • Haworth Art Gallery (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 093° E
  • Lightning XS921 (replica) (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 300° WNW
  • F35 Lightning II (replica) (Attraction) — 4.8 mi, 300° WNW

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About This Higher Audley Map Page

Explore Higher Audley, 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: 53.744330, -2.467937. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.