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Oakenshaw Lancashire Map

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

Explore Oakenshaw, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Oakenshaw 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	Oakenshaw
Traditional County	Lancashire
District / Borough	Hyndburn
Region	North West
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	53.777121
Longitude	-2.389122
Place Type	Suburban Area

About Oakenshaw

Oakenshaw commands a ridge of Lancashire earth that catches the low, pale light of the North West, revealing the grit and determination of its industrial foundations. The landscape here does not soften easily; it retains the sharp, functional lines of its past, where the earth was moved and shaped to serve the heavy machinery of a bygone era. Mercer Park provides a green, quiet pause against this backdrop, offering a place where the shadows stretch long over manicured lawns as the afternoon cools. Beyond the residential lanes, the terrain dips towards the steady, unassuming presence of Norden Brook, which carries the run-off of the hills through the quiet fissures of the land. Oakenshaw remains shaped by its proximity to such watercourses, which once powered the looms and wheels that defined the local economy. To the east, the silhouette of Whinney Hill rises to meet the grey sky, asserting its dominance over the horizon and marking the boundary between the built environment and the open moor. The air often carries a damp, metallic scent, a lingering memory of the coal and iron that once dictated the rhythm of daily life here. This is a place of hard edges and honest stone, where the architecture reflects a history of labour that remains visible in every brick and boundary wall.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Mercer Park (Park) — 0.1 mi, 171° S
Norden Brook (River) — 0.5 mi, 295° WNW
Bottom Syke (River) — 0.7 mi, 193° SSW
The Ladybird Garden (Park) — 1.0 mi, 233° SW
Whinney Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 122° ESE
Wind Engine Clough (Valley) — 1.4 mi, 049° NE
Harper Clough And Smalley Delph Quarries Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.6 mi, 282° WNW · 3 ha
Bowley Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.6 mi, 323° NW
Martholme Viaduct (Monument) — 1.7 mi, 015° NNE
Remains Of Aspen Colliery, Associated Beehive Coking Ovens And Canal Basin (Scheduled Monument) — 1.8 mi, 192° SSW
Cock Wood Gorge Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.0 mi, 005° N · 3 ha
Rishton Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.0 mi, 244° WSW
Accrington Dome (Museum) — 2.0 mi, 149° SSE
Dean Clough Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.1 mi, 300° WNW
Portfield Hillfort (Scheduled Monument) — 2.6 mi, 003° N · 2 ha
Tin men (Public Artwork) — 2.6 mi, 299° WNW
Parsonage Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.7 mi, 279° W
Hapton Castle (Scheduled Monument) — 2.8 mi, 087° E
Haworth Art Gallery (Museum) — 2.9 mi, 151° SSE
Whalley Abbey (Historic Ruins) — 3.1 mi, 344° NNW
Baxenden Cricket Club (Attraction) — 3.6 mi, 147° SSE
Queen'S Park, Blackburn (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.8 mi, 228° SW · 12 ha
Burnley Training Ground (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 065° ENE
Gawthorpe Textiles Collection (Museum) — 4.2 mi, 065° ENE
Vue Blackburn (Cinema) — 4.3 mi, 239° WSW
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 4.3 mi, 245° WSW
King Georges Hall (Theatre) — 4.4 mi, 244° WSW
The Tank Toposcope (Viewpoint) — 4.5 mi, 255° WSW
REEL Cinema Blackburn (Cinema) — 4.5 mi, 244° WSW
Colourfields Panopticon (Viewpoint) — 4.6 mi, 253° WSW

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