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Sough Lancashire Map

(Suburban Area near Blacksnape)

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

Explore Sough, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Sough 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.

Interactive Map of Sough, Lancashire

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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Sough, 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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PlaceSough
Traditional CountyLancashire
Unitary AuthorityBlackburn with Darwen
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
Latitude53.685262
Longitude-2.455699
Place TypeSuburban Area

About Sough

Sough holds the damp, quiet weight of the Lancashire hills where the industrial past meets the persistence of the wild. It lies 0.8 miles south-east of Darwen (from Darwen: bearing 145°T, OS grid SD 700 210), and is situated west-south-west of Blacksnape village. The earth here feels pulled upward into the West Pennine Moors SSSI, a rugged expanse where the sky dictates the colour of the stone and the mood of the day. Waters of the Buryfold Brook carve a persistent, rhythmic path through the lower ground, softening the sharp edges of the terrain. Near the old tramway lines, the light catches the grit of the path, reminding the walker that this ground was once worked hard by iron and coal. Sough carries a stoic, unadorned beauty in its grey walls and the way the wind clears the mist from the moorland slopes. The landscape offers no easy comforts, only the honest, cooling presence of the high, heather-dusted horizon. Every lane in Sough seems to remember the heavy tread of those who built the mills and managed the tracks, leaving a residue of purpose in the very air.

Nearby Outdoor Places

  • West Pennine Moors Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest)locality lies within · 76k acres
  • Ashton Park (Park) — 0.3 mi, 318° NW
  • Buryfold Brook (River) — 0.3 mi, 246° WSW
  • Jacks Key Clough (Valley) — 0.4 mi, 144° SE
  • Steam Tramway Reversing Triangle (Scheduled Monument) — 0.4 mi, 192° SSW
  • Whitehall Park (Park) — 0.6 mi, 206° SSW
  • Bold Venture Brook (River) — 0.6 mi, 324° NW
  • The Weaver Bird (Public Artwork) — 0.8 mi, 330° NNW
  • Hills Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.9 mi, 315° NW
  • Darwen Theatre (Theatre) — 0.9 mi, 331° NNW
  • Blacksnap (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.0 mi, 095° E
  • Wives' Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.1 mi, 201° SSW
  • Darwen Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 283° WNW
  • Scotland Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.3 mi, 091° E
  • Jubilee Tower (Darwen Tower) (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 283° WNW
  • Sunnyhurst Woods (Historic Park or Garden) — 1.7 mi, 306° NW · 35 ha
  • Tockholes Number 3 Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 2.3 mi, 261° W
  • Coking Ovens And Associated Coal Workings On Aushaw Moss 450M South West Of Lower House (Scheduled Monument) — 2.3 mi, 113° ESE · 11 ha
  • Hollinshead Hall (Historic Ruins) — 2.4 mi, 252° WSW
  • Stone Circle, Ring Cairn And Two Round Cairns On Cheetham Close (Scheduled Monument) — 3.4 mi, 161° SSE
  • Thwaites Empire Theatre (Theatre) — 3.6 mi, 336° NNW
  • Stanworth Woods (Forest / Woodland) — 4.0 mi, 302° WNW
  • Turton Tower (Attraction) — 4.1 mi, 152° SSE
  • Vue Blackburn (Cinema) — 4.2 mi, 347° NNW
  • Gale Clough And Shooterslee Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 4.3 mi, 178° S · 9 ha
  • Farmhouse Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 4.3 mi, 271° W
  • REEL Cinema Blackburn (Cinema) — 4.5 mi, 344° NNW
  • Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery (Museum) — 4.6 mi, 346° NNW
  • Pilgrim's Stone (Monument) — 4.8 mi, 111° ESE
  • Higher Mill (Museum) — 4.8 mi, 087° E

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About This Sough Map Page

Explore Sough, 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: 53.685262, -2.455699. 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 builtAugust 2026
Location dataOS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0.
County dataTraditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography.
CoordinatesWGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36)
Wikipedia validationArticle content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data.