Read Lancashire Map
Traditional county: Lancashire · District / Borough: Ribble Valley · Region: North West
Explore Read, Lancashire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Read 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 Read, Lancashire
How to Use This Read, Lancashire Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Read, 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 Read and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
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| Place | Read |
| Traditional County | Lancashire |
| District / Borough | Ribble Valley |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.806269 |
| Longitude | -2.354543 |
| Place Type | Village |
About Read
Read, a quiet village in Lancashire's Ribble Valley, offers a tranquil haven where the land rolls with a gentle, enduring grace. It lies 2.7 km west-north-west of Padiham (from Padiham: bearing 282°T, OS grid SD 767 345), and is situated west of Simonstone village. The air here often carries the faint, clean scent of damp earth and distant hedgerows, a subtle perfume that speaks of the surrounding agricultural heartland. The village green, a patch of well-trodden grass, seems to absorb the diffused light of the Lancashire sky, offering a simple, unadorned beauty. Though small, Read possesses a character shaped by its proximity to the industrious past of the Ribble Valley, a quiet echo of former times. The houses, built of sturdy local stone, stand as silent witnesses to generations who have lived and worked this land.
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About This Read Map Page
Explore Read, 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: 53.806269, -2.354543. 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. |
