Gambleside is an abandoned village located in northern Rossendale close to the boundary with Burnley's Dunnockshaw parish.

In the late Middle Ages Gambleside was one of the cow farms (vaccary) of Rossendale Forest, belonging to the Honour of Clitheroe.

[1][2] Historically the Gambleside area stretched from Limy Water southeast over the hills into the valley of Whitewell Brook, including land on the southern side of Clough Bottom Reservoir.

[4][5] The settlement was located on a limersgate, a pathway used by pack horses carrying lime, which linked Clitheroe to Rochdale.

[8] The population began to decline after the building of the Clowbridge Reservoir in 1866, which restricted farming in the village.