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Ryal Fold Lancashire Map

Traditional county: Lancashire · Unitary authority: Blackburn with Darwen · Region: North West

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Place	Ryal Fold
Traditional County	Lancashire
Unitary Authority	Blackburn with Darwen
Region	North West
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	53.689200
Longitude	-2.508968
Place Type	Hamlet

About Ryal Fold

Ryal Fold reveals itself as a collection of gritstone dwellings clinging to the high, exposed shoulders of the West Pennine Moors. It lies 1.8 miles west-south-west of Darwen (from Darwen: bearing 257°T, OS grid SD 664 215), and is situated south of Tockholes village. The light here has a peculiar, scouring quality, often thinning as it travels over the damp, russet grasses that dominate the upland terrain. To the west, the steep descent of Halliwell Fold Scar fractures the horizon, marking the earth with the deep, shadowed scars of ancient drainage. Ryal Fold remains a place of profound stillness, where the low-slung stone walls serve as the only true boundary between the domestic hearth and the encroaching wild. A short distance away, the dark, unmoving waters of Higher Roddlesworth Reservoir absorb the sky, reflecting a grey expanse that seems to press down upon the rooftops. The air carries the faint, metallic scent of rain held in suspension, a constant reminder of the moisture that feeds the nearby mosses and peat. Here, the industry of the nineteenth-century textile trade has long since retreated, leaving behind a landscape that feels less like a habitation and more like a quiet observation post over the darkening valley.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Halliwell Fold Scar (Valley) — 0.3 mi, 237° WSW
Higher Roddlesworth Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.4 mi, 306° NW
Earnsdale Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.5 mi, 047° NE
Stepback Brook (River) — 0.5 mi, 104° ESE
Tockholes Number 3 Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 0.6 mi, 192° SSW
Green Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.7 mi, 022° NNE
Sunnyhurst Hey Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.8 mi, 072° ENE
Darwen Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 088° E
Jubilee Tower (Darwen Tower) (Monument) — 0.9 mi, 088° E
Hollinshead Hall (Historic Ruins) — 1.0 mi, 186° S
Rake Brook (River) — 1.1 mi, 281° W
Sunnyhurst Woods (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.1 mi, 047° NE · 35 ha
Bold Venture Park (Park) — 1.4 mi, 087° E
Darwen Spitfire Memorial Sculpture (Public Artwork) — 1.7 mi, 074° ENE
Darwen Theatre (Theatre) — 1.8 mi, 074° ENE
Ashton Park (Park) — 2.0 mi, 091° E
Farmhouse Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 2.1 mi, 265° W
Stanworth Woods (Forest / Woodland) — 2.2 mi, 328° NNW
Steam Tramway Reversing Triangle (Scheduled Monument) — 2.2 mi, 106° ESE
Round Loaf Bowl Barrow On Anglezarke Moor (Scheduled Monument) — 2.6 mi, 217° SW
West Pennine Moors Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.7 mi, 129° SE · 76k acres
Thwaites Empire Theatre (Theatre) — 3.1 mi, 013° NNE
Part Of Witton Old Hall Medieval Lordly Residence 340M North East Of Feniscliffe Bridge (Scheduled Monument) — 3.5 mi, 360° N
Vue Blackburn (Cinema) — 4.0 mi, 018° NNE
The Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 4.2 mi, 221° SW
REEL Cinema Blackburn (Cinema) — 4.2 mi, 012° NNE
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 4.4 mi, 014° NNE
Colourfields Panopticon (Viewpoint) — 4.7 mi, 006° N
Rivington Pinetum (Attraction) — 5.1 mi, 203° SSW
Bofors gun emplacement and attached pillbox (Attraction) — 5.1 mi, 265° W

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