Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Rossendale · Region: North West
Explore Rake Head, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rake Head 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 Rake Head, 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 | Rake Head |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Rossendale |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.689205 |
| Longitude | -2.235627 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Rake Head commands a rugged vantage point where the high, Pennine shoulders of Rossendale tighten against the sky. It lies 1.7 miles south-west of Bacup (from Bacup: bearing 235°T, OS grid SD 845 214), and is situated east-north-east of Cowpe village. Stone-built dwellings of dark, local gritstone hold the heat of the day, their architecture mirroring the austere persistence of the surrounding moorland. To the north-west, the deep, shadowed cleft of Siss Clough draws the eye, its steep banks carved by water through centuries of unrelenting rain. The horizon feels vast and unsparing, yet the proximity of Cowpe Reservoir adds a reflective, silver stillness to the lower contours of the landscape. Rake Head retains a quiet, industrial gravity, a lingering echo of the looms and spinning frames that once defined the rhythm of these hills. Clouds drift heavily over the heights, casting transient indigo shadows that sharpen the edges of the drystone walls. Life here remains tethered to the earth, defined by the bracing air and the sharp, clean light that follows a sudden Lancashire storm.
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Explore Rake Head, 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: 53.689205, -2.235627. 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. |