Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Chorley · Region: North West
Explore Withnell Fold, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Withnell Fold 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 Withnell Fold, 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 | Withnell Fold |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Chorley |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.702992 |
| Longitude | -2.586525 |
| Place Type | Village |
Withnell Fold retains the ordered grace of a nineteenth-century paper mill heritage, where stone cottages gather in quiet rows around a central green. It lies 3.7 miles east-south-east of Bamber Bridge (from Bamber Bridge: bearing 122°T, OS grid SD 613 231), and is situated north-north-east of Higher Wheelton village. The landscape bears the mark of the industrial past, as the Leeds and Liverpool Canal carves a dark, glassy artery through the surrounding fields. Waters from the nearby Slack Brook move with a persistent, silver urgency towards the valley floor, carving soft channels into the earth. To the southeast, the rise of Pike Lowe breaks the horizon, offering a rugged contrast to the manicured symmetry of the canal-side houses. Sunlight here catches the grit of ancient brickwork, illuminating the remnants of a time when the rhythmic clatter of machinery defined the local pulse. Withnell Fold maintains a stillness today, with the water’s edge reflecting the shifting clouds above the Lancashire sky. This quietude invites a slow observation of the moss-covered walls and the perennial dampness that clings to the valley shadows.
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Explore Withnell Fold, 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: 53.702992, -2.586525. 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. |