Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Rossendale · Region: North West
Explore Rising Bridge, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Rising Bridge 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 Rising Bridge, 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 | Rising Bridge |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Rossendale |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.725611 |
| Longitude | -2.332373 |
| Place Type | Village |
Rising Bridge commands a stark, elevated presence where the land begins to climb toward the Pennine spine. It lies 1.5 miles north of Haslingden (from Haslingden: bearing 349°T, OS grid SD 781 255), and is situated north-west of Acre village. Stone houses of a utilitarian grey hold their own against the persistent, shifting light that sweeps across the valley floor. To the east, the deep scoop of Cat Clough channels the rain, carving a quiet path through the earth that has long defined the local drainage. Rising Bridge carries the industrial memory of Lancashire in its bones, reflecting a history of textile production that once filled these narrow corridors with the hum of machinery. The landscape is dominated by the looming mass of Roundhill, a steady sentinel that watches over the rooftops through every change in the season. Winter winds here have a clean, sharp edge, scouring the grit from the walls and leaving the air feeling thin and cold. This geography demands a certain resilience from the residents, who move through their days under the vast, often bruised skies of the North West.
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Explore Rising Bridge, 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: 53.725611, -2.332373. 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. |