Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Rossendale · Region: North West
Explore Piercy, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Piercy 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Piercy, 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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| Place | Piercy |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Rossendale |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.701398 |
| Longitude | -2.250691 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Piercy clings to the steep, rugged contours of the Rossendale valley, where the gritstone landscape reveals the hard-won legacy of northern industrialism. It lies 1.5 miles east of Rawtenstall (from Rawtenstall: bearing 89°T, OS grid SD 835 228), and is situated north of Cowpe village. Stone-built dwellings here hold the chill of the high Pennine shadows, their slate roofs catching a silver, transient light that shifts rapidly as clouds race over the summits. To the north-east, the persistent, rhythmic chatter of Shaw Clough Brook carves a path through the dark earth, offering a constant reminder of the water power that once drove the local looms. The terrain rises sharply toward the heights of Acre Hill, where the wind carries a raw, unadorned clarity that strips away the clutter of the lowlands. Residents often walk the paths toward the quiet slopes of Siss Clough, where the valley floor softens into bracken and damp moss. Piercy remains defined by this stark proximity to the moor, a place where the architecture of the past stands in quiet, enduring conversation with the unrelenting weather of the high hills.
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Explore Piercy, 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: 53.701398, -2.250691. 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. |