Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Ribble Valley · Region: North West
Explore Howgill, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Howgill 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.
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| Place | Howgill |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Ribble Valley |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.909792 |
| Longitude | -2.267800 |
| Place Type | Hamlet |
Howgill remains a quiet collection of stone dwellings gathered amidst the folds of the Ribble Valley. It lies 3.3 miles west of Barnoldswick (from Barnoldswick: bearing 262°T, OS grid SD 825 459), and is situated east of Rimington village. The landscape here is defined by the steady, patient rise of Whitwell Hill, which casts a long, cooling shadow over the fields in the late afternoon. Waters from the nearby Gazegill Beck carve a modest path through the limestone bedrock, their movement providing a constant, low-frequency hum against the silence of the pastures. Drystone walls segment the sloping terrain into a precise, grey-stitched quilt that has changed little in its fundamental geometry over the generations. The air in Howgill carries a sharp, clean clarity, often tasting faintly of the damp earth and the distant, rugged limestone outcrops that define the local geology. Residents here have long looked toward the horizons of Whytha Clough, where the wind gathers speed before rushing across the open meadows. It is a place where the light seems to linger, turning the local stone a soft, pale honey colour before the day finally retreats into the dusk.
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Explore Howgill, 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: 53.909792, -2.267800. 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. |