Kelbrook

Kelbrook
A view towards Kelbrook
Kelbrook is located in the Borough of Pendle
Kelbrook
Kelbrook
Location in Pendle Borough
Kelbrook is located in Lancashire
Kelbrook
Kelbrook
Location within Lancashire
OS grid referenceSD902447
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District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBARNOLDSWICK
Postcode districtBB18
Dialling code01282
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53°53′53″N 2°08′56″W / 53.898°N 2.149°W / 53.898; -2.149

Kelbrook is a village in the civil parish of Kelbrook and Sough, Borough of Pendle, in Lancashire, England. It lies on the A56 road between Colne and Earby.

Historically a part of the now divided old parish of Thornton-in-Craven in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Kelbrook was administered as part of Skipton Rural District, until boundary changes in 1974. Kelbrook lies in West Craven, so keeping cultural links with Yorkshire and Craven.

Kelbrook School is in the centre of the village. The tallest building in the village is the village church, St Mary's. Other local towns and villages are Barnoldswick (2 miles/3.2 km northwest), Earby (1 mile/1.6 km north), Salterforth (1 mile/1.6 km northwest), Thornton in Craven (2 miles/3.2 km north), Foulridge (2 miles/3.2 km south) and Colne (3.5 miles/5.6 km south).

Elisabeth Beresford, the creator of the Wombles, wrote much of the second Wombles book, The Wandering Wombles, whilst staying in a cottage on Dotcliffe Road in 1970. The Kelbrook and Sough Wombles, a local litter-picking group, is named in tribute to this connection.[1] Edward Woodward lived in Kelbrook for six weeks in 1973 whilst preparing for his role in The Wicker Man.

The residents of Kelbrook are affectionately called Kelbricks.

During a wedding it is tradition for young residents of the village to lock the church gates and demand money from the bride and groom.[2] A more recent custom is to make scarecrows of literary characters from children's books[3] and to race ducks[4] on Kelbrook Beck.

  1. ^ Staff (5 April 2007). "The Kelbrook and Sough Wombles?". Burnley Express. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Kelbrook". VisitorUK.com. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  3. ^ Staff (14 May 2010). "Kelbrook to stage debut scarecrow festival". Craven Herald & Pioneer. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Annual was invoked but never defined (see the help page).