Rimington

Rimington
The Memorial Institute, built 1927
Rimington is located in the Borough of Ribble Valley
Rimington
Rimington
Shown within Ribble Valley
Rimington is located in Lancashire
Rimington
Rimington
Location within Lancashire
Population382  (2001 Census)[1]
OS grid referenceSD806458
Civil parish
  • Rimington
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCLITHEROE
Postcode districtBB7
Dialling code01200
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Lancashire
53°54′29″N 2°17′42″W / 53.908°N 2.295°W / 53.908; -2.295

Rimington is a rural village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish was 382 at the 2001 Census, however at the 2011 Census Middop was included with Rimington giving a total of 480.[2] It is east of Clitheroe and south of the A59 road. The village consists of the hamlets of Howgill, Martin Top, Newby, and Stopper Lane, and is in the historic West Riding of Yorkshire.

The parish adjoins the Ribble Valley parishes of Gisburn, Sawley, Downham, Twiston and Middop the Pendle parish of Barley-with-Wheatley Booth.

  1. ^ "Parish headcount" (PDF). Lancashire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2008.
  2. ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Rimington Parish (1170215127)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 February 2018.