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Melling Lancashire Map

Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Lancaster · Region: North West

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

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Melling, 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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PlaceMelling
Traditional CountyLancashire
District / BoroughLancaster
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude54.135177
Longitude-2.615222
Place TypeVillage

About Melling

Limestone ridges and the quiet pulse of the Lune valley define the character of Melling. It lies 4.4 miles west-north-west of High Bentham (from High Bentham: bearing 286°T, OS grid SD 599 712), and is situated east-south-east of Arkholme village. The earth here retains a heavy, ancient memory, most visible at the Castle Mound Motte and Bailey, where the grass clings to earthworks that have long since surrendered their martial purpose to the wind. To the east, the slopes of Galley Hill catch the low, slanted light of late afternoon, turning the pastures into a patchwork of burnished copper and deep moss. Below these heights, the Willie Gill carves a modest, persistent path through the landscape, its waters mirroring the shifting grey-blue of the northern sky. Melling maintains a sturdy, unpretentious elegance, anchored by the stone walls that mark the boundaries of fields and lanes with enduring precision. The air possesses a sharpness that seems to quicken the senses, carrying the scent of damp earth and woodsmoke from the hearths of local dwellings. Melling remains a place where the horizon feels vast, inviting the eye to trace the slow transition of the seasons across the rolling terrain.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • Castle Mound Motte And Bailey, Melling (Scheduled Monument) — 0.1 mi, 137° SE
  • Galley Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.4 mi, 066° ENE
  • Willie Gill (River) — 0.5 mi, 236° SW
  • Old Lune (River) — 0.6 mi, 257° WSW
  • Chapel Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.7 mi, 304° NW
  • Chapel Hill Motte, Arkholme (Scheduled Monument) — 0.7 mi, 304° NW
  • Castle Stede Motte And Bailey, Hornby (Scheduled Monument) — 1.3 mi, 225° SW · 1 ha
  • Wennington Green (Park) — 1.4 mi, 121° ESE
  • Hornby Castle (Castle) — 1.8 mi, 203° SSW
  • Clear Beck Meadow Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.5 mi, 152° SSE
  • Robert Hall Moor Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.7 mi, 125° SE · 20 ha
  • Burrow Park (Park) — 2.8 mi, 024° NNE
  • Mill Houses Force (Waterfall) — 2.8 mi, 146° SE
  • Lord's Lot Wood (Forest / Woodland) — 3.1 mi, 264° W
  • Burton Castle (site of) (Castle) — 3.2 mi, 079° E
  • Sooby Gill Waterfall (Waterfall) — 3.3 mi, 196° SSW
  • Capernwray Hall (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.4 mi, 279° W · 87 ha
  • Winder Wheel (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.5 mi, 112° ESE
  • Wray Wood Moor Tarn (Lake / Reservoir) — 3.8 mi, 162° SSE
  • Low Bottom (Valley) — 4.0 mi, 112° ESE
  • Pedder Potts Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 4.0 mi, 262° W
  • Caton Moor Picnic Site (Viewpoint) — 4.6 mi, 202° SSW
  • Hutton Roof (National Nature Reserve) — 4.9 mi, 326° NW · 114 ha
  • Ruskin's View (Viewpoint) — 4.9 mi, 008° N
  • Greenlands Farm Village (Attraction) — 5.1 mi, 288° WNW
  • Cally Lawson Artist Studio (Public Artwork) — 5.2 mi, 298° WNW
  • Tobys Fold (Monument) — 5.8 mi, 066° ENE
  • Clawthorpe Fell (National Nature Reserve) — 5.9 mi, 320° NW · 12 ha
  • The Ancient Oak & Fish Steps (Historic Ruins) — 5.9 mi, 226° SW
  • Cinderbarrow Miniature Railway (Attraction) — 6.0 mi, 298° WNW

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About This Melling Map Page

Explore Melling, 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: 54.135177, -2.615222. 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.