Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Chorley · Region: North West
Explore Knowley, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Knowley 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 Knowley, 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 | Knowley |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Chorley |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.665908 |
| Longitude | -2.609695 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Knowley's modest presence in Lancashire's landscape offers a quiet corner of England. It lies 2.0 km north-east of Chorley (from Chorley: bearing 50°T, OS grid SD 598 189), and is situated south-south-east of Johnson's Hillock village. The fields surrounding Knowley often hold a particular softness to them, especially in the early morning light, as if the dew itself has a gentleness unique to this stretch of land. While no grand monuments mark its history, the very way the lanes curve and dip suggests a settlement that has grown organically, shaped by the needs of generations past. The occasional glimpse of a well-tended garden, a splash of vibrant colour against a more muted brick, hints at the enduring human touch that defines this place. There's a certain stillness here, a quietude that allows the distant hum of the wider world to fade into a background murmur, leaving one to appreciate the immediate, tangible reality of Knowley. The air itself seems to carry the faint, earthy scent of loam and distant hedgerows, a constant, understated reminder of the agricultural roots that still hold firm.
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Explore Knowley, 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: 53.665908, -2.609695. 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. |