Helmshore

Helmshore
The White Horse public house
Helmshore is located in the Borough of Rossendale
Helmshore
Helmshore
Location within Rossendale
Helmshore is located in Lancashire
Helmshore
Helmshore
Location within Lancashire
Population5,805 (2011.Ward)
OS grid referenceSD782212
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townROSSENDALE
Postcode districtBB4
Dialling code01706
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Lancashire
53°41′13″N 2°19′44″W / 53.687°N 2.329°W / 53.687; -2.329

Helmshore (/hɛlmˈʃɔːr/) is a village in the Rossendale Valley, Lancashire, England, south of Haslingden between the A56 and the B6235, 16 miles (26 km) north of Manchester. The population at the 2011 census was 5,805.[1] The housing in Helmshore is mixed, with some two-up, two-down terraces, top-and-bottom houses and a few surviving back-to-back cottages. Between the 1970s and 2020 new housing estates have proliferated. [2]

  1. ^ "Rossendale ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Haslingden Historic Town Assessment Report" (PDF). Lancashire Historic Town Survey Programme. June 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2018.