Glen Top Lancashire Map
Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Rossendale · Region: North West
Explore Glen Top, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Glen Top 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 Glen Top, Lancashire
How to Use This Glen Top, Lancashire Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Glen Top, 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.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Lancashire or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Glen Top and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Glen Top |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Rossendale |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.690833 |
| Longitude | -2.239437 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
About Glen Top
Glen Top rests upon the Lancashire moors, a place where the sky seems to stretch into an infinite canvas. It lies 2.9 km west-south-west of Bacup (from Bacup: bearing 241°T, OS grid SD 842 216), and is situated east-north-east of Cowpe village. The air here often carries the scent of damp earth and heather, a perfume of the wild that clings to the stone farmhouses and sturdy cottages. Glimpses of the wider Rossendale landscape unfold with a gentle grandeur, the rolling hills a muted palette of greens and browns under ever-changing light. Though industry once shaped its contours, a quieter spirit now prevails in Glen Top, one that finds its rhythm in the turning seasons and the distant bleating of sheep. The very stones of its older dwellings seem to absorb the stories of generations, whispering them on the wind that sweeps across the open ground.
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About This Glen Top Map Page
Explore Glen Top, 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: 53.690833, -2.239437. 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. |
