Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Ribble Valley · Region: North West
Explore Read, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Read 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.
| Place | Read |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Ribble Valley |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.806269 |
| Longitude | -2.354543 |
| Place Type | Village |
Read, a quiet village in Lancashire's Ribble Valley, offers a tranquil haven where the land rolls with a gentle, enduring grace. It lies 2.7 km west-north-west of Padiham (from Padiham: bearing 282°T, OS grid SD 767 345), and is situated west of Simonstone village. The air here often carries the faint, clean scent of damp earth and distant hedgerows, a subtle perfume that speaks of the surrounding agricultural heartland. The village green, a patch of well-trodden grass, seems to absorb the diffused light of the Lancashire sky, offering a simple, unadorned beauty. Though small, Read possesses a character shaped by its proximity to the industrious past of the Ribble Valley, a quiet echo of former times. The houses, built of sturdy local stone, stand as silent witnesses to generations who have lived and worked this land.
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Explore Read, 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: 53.806269, -2.354543. 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 | June 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. |