Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Rossendale · Region: North West
Explore Shaw Clough, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Shaw Clough 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 Shaw Clough, 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 | Shaw Clough |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Rossendale |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.705196 |
| Longitude | -2.244033 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Shaw Clough commands a rugged portion of the Rossendale Valley, where the steep hillsides meet the persistent, grey-stoned legacy of Lancashire’s industrial past. It lies 1.8 miles west of Bacup (from Bacup: bearing 274°T, OS grid SD 839 232), and is situated north-north-east of Cowpe village. The sharp, cold rush of Shaw Clough Brook carves a path through the lower reaches, its waters reflecting the bruised purple skies that often hang over the high moorland. Above the rooftops, the slopes of Acre Hill rise with a silent, imposing gravity, reminding those below of the earth’s ancient, unyielding bones. Industrial masonry remains scattered across the landscape, marking where the hum of machinery once competed with the whistling wind. The light here has a singular clarity, sharpening the edges of the stone walls and casting long, melancholic shadows as the sun retreats behind the peaks. Shaw Clough retains a quiet resilience, existing in the space between the echoes of heavy labour and the encroaching wildness of the northern hills.
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Explore Shaw Clough, 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: 53.705196, -2.244033. 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. |