(Suburban Area near Tockholes)
Traditional county: Lancashire · Unitary authority: Blackburn with Darwen · Region: North West
Explore Waterloo, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Waterloo 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 Waterloo, 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 | Waterloo |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| Unitary Authority | Blackburn with Darwen |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.726844 |
| Longitude | -2.508620 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Waterloo emerges from the Lancashire landscape as a quiet threshold between the dense industrial heritage of Blackburn and the untamed rise of the West Pennine Moors. It lies 1.9 miles south-west of Blackburn (from Blackburn: bearing 215°T, OS grid SD 665 257), and is situated north of Tockholes village. The light here often catches the grit of old stone, revealing how Waterloo clings to the sloping contours of the valley side. To the south, the slopes of Bunker’s Hill offer a vantage point where the smoke of history seems to have long since dissipated into the cool, damp air. Below these elevations, the land shifts into a mosaic of residential streets and pockets of greenery that buffer the reach of the nearby urban sprawl. Further west, the dense cover of Stanworth Woods holds a stillness that contrasts with the rhythmic transit of the modern world passing through the periphery. Waterloo maintains a character defined by this transition, where the heavy legacy of northern manufacturing meets the enduring, silent pressure of the high ground. The damp, slate-grey skies of the North West often mirror the muted palette of the rooftops, lending the environment a stoic, unadorned beauty that persists through the changing seasons.
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Explore Waterloo, 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: 53.726844, -2.508620. 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. |