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Whittlestone Head Lancashire Map

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

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

Latitude	53.673444
Longitude	-2.423344
Place Type	Hamlet

About Whittlestone Head

Whittlestone Head occupies a rugged rise of Lancashire moorland where the wind carries the sharp, clean scent of high-altitude grasses. It lies 2.3 miles south-east of Darwen (from Darwen: bearing 130°T, OS grid SD 721 197), and is situated east-north-east of Bull Hill village. The landscape around Whittlestone Head remains defined by the remnants of industry, where the earth still bears the faint, scarred indentations of coal workings that once powered the local hearths. To the north, the grey, reflective surface of Scotland Reservoir catches the fleeting light of passing clouds, grounding the horizon in a stillness that contrasts with the restless gales. Cranberry Bottoms provides a low, sheltered contrast to the exposed ridges, offering a brief respite of damp, peaty earth where the vegetation grows thick and dark. The stone structures here possess a weathered, utilitarian honesty, built to withstand the relentless scouring of weather that sweeps across the exposed terrain. Life in Whittlestone Head moves in quiet alignment with the seasons, unbothered by the frantic pulse of the lowland towns further west. The silence of the moors settles over the rooftops by dusk, leaving only the distant, rhythmic murmur of water moving through the landscape.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Cranberry Bottoms (Valley) — 0.7 mi, 300° WNW
Soot Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.7 mi, 055° NE
Scotland Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.8 mi, 359° N
Blacksnap (Lake / Reservoir) — 0.8 mi, 337° NNW
Black Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.8 mi, 192° SSW
Whittlestone Head Brook (River) — 0.8 mi, 156° SSE
Coking Ovens And Associated Coal Workings On Aushaw Moss 450M South West Of Lower House (Scheduled Monument) — 0.8 mi, 096° E · 11 ha
Broadhead Brook (River) — 1.0 mi, 131° SE
Grainings Wood (Park) — 1.1 mi, 274° W
Turton and Entwistle Reservoir (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.4 mi, 182° S
West Pennine Moors Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 1.5 mi, 246° WSW · 76k acres
Steam Tramway Reversing Triangle (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 288° WNW
Whitehall Park (Park) — 1.6 mi, 281° W
The Weaver Bird (Public Artwork) — 2.3 mi, 311° NW
Stone Circle, Ring Cairn And Two Round Cairns On Cheetham Close (Scheduled Monument) — 2.4 mi, 185° S
Darwen Theatre (Theatre) — 2.4 mi, 312° NW
Jubilee Tower (Darwen Tower) (Monument) — 2.9 mi, 293° WNW
Turton Tower (Attraction) — 2.9 mi, 168° SSE
Sunnyhurst Woods (Historic Park or Garden) — 3.3 mi, 304° NW · 35 ha
Pilgrim's Stone (Monument) — 3.3 mi, 107° ESE
Hollinshead Hall (Historic Ruins) — 3.6 mi, 271° W
Gale Clough And Shooterslee Wood Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.7 mi, 198° SSW · 9 ha
Tockholes Number 3 Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 3.7 mi, 277° W
Higher Mill (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 072° ENE
Whitakers' Mill (Museum) — 3.7 mi, 072° ENE
Ramsbottom Co-Operative Hall (Theatre) — 4.7 mi, 113° ESE
Smithills Open Farm (Zoo / Wildlife Park) — 4.9 mi, 194° SSW
Hall i' th' Wood Museum (Museum) — 5.0 mi, 178° S
Higher Hempshaw's Ruins (Historic Ruins) — 5.0 mi, 245° WSW
Vue Blackburn (Cinema) — 5.4 mi, 335° NNW

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