Haslingden is a town in Rossendale, Lancashire, England. It is 19 miles (31 km) north of Manchester. The name means 'valley of the hazels'. At the time of the 2001 census the town had a population of 16,849.
Population: 15,204
Latitude: 53° 42' 11.74" N
Longitude: -2° 19' 25.75" W
The Borough of Burnley (/ˈbɜrnli/) is a local government district of Lancashire, England, with the status of a non-metropolitan district and borough. It has an area of 42.7 square miles (110.7 km2) and a population of 87,291 (mid-2014 est.), and is …
Blackburn railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Blackburn in Lancashire, England.
Stonyhurst St Mary's Hall (commonly known as S.M.H.) is the preparatory school to Stonyhurst College. It is an independent co-educational Catholic school founded by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). It is primarily a day school but has some boarders.
St. George's Roman Catholic High School, was a Voluntary-Aided Catholic School located in the Walkden, Greater Manchester.
Rochdale railway station is a multi-modal transport hub in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. It consists of a Northern Rail-operated heavy rail station on the Caldervale Line, and an adjoining light rail stop which is on Metrolink's Oldham and …
The Greater Manchester Statutory City Region (sometimes called the Greater Manchester City Region or more commonly as the Manchester City Region) is a pilot administrative division of England, consisting of Greater Manchester plus five other borough…
This list of mills in Bolton, lists textile factories that have existed in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.
BBC Radio Lancashire is the BBC Local Radio service for the county of Lancashire, in North West England.
The Winter Hill air disaster occurred on 27 February 1958 when the Silver City Airways Bristol 170 Freighter G-AICS, travelling from the Isle of Man to Manchester, England, crashed into Winter Hill (also known as Rivington Moor) several hundred yard…
The Towneley or Townley family are an English recusant family whose ancestry can be traced back to Norman England.
Smithills Hall is a Grade I listed manor house, and a scheduled monument in Halliwell, Greater Manchester, England. it stands on the slopes of the moors above Bolton at a height of 500 feet, two miles north west of the town centre. It occupies a def…
Padiham Football Club are an English football team based in Padiham, Lancashire.
HM Prison Forest Bank is a Category B men's private prison, located in the Agecroft area of Pendlebury near Manchester, England.
The A56 is a road in England which extends between the city of Chester in Cheshire and the village of Broughton in North Yorkshire. The road contains a mixture of single and dual carriageway sections, and traverses environments as diverse as the den…
Whalley Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in Whalley, Lancashire, England. After the dissolution of the monasteries, the abbey was largely demolished and a country house was built on the site. In the 20th century the house was modified and it is no…
Towneley Park is owned and managed by Burnley Borough Council and is the largest and most popular park in Burnley, Lancashire, England.
Accrington railway station serves the town of Accrington in Lancashire, England.
The Worsley Navigable Levels are an extensive series of coal mines in Worsley in the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. They were worked largely by the use of underground canals (the navigable levels) and boats called starvationers.