Whitworth, Lancashire

Whitworth
A view over Whitworth, to Brown Wardle Hill
Whitworth is located in the Borough of Rossendale
Whitworth
Whitworth
Shown within Rossendale
Whitworth is located in Lancashire
Whitworth
Whitworth
Location within Lancashire
Population7,500 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSD882185
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townROCHDALE
Postcode districtOL12
Dialling code01706
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Lancashire
53°39′47″N 2°10′37″W / 53.663°N 2.177°W / 53.663; -2.177

Whitworth is a town and civil parish in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, amongst the foothills of the Pennines between Bacup, to the north, and Rochdale, to the south. It had a population of 7,500 at the 2011 Census.[2]

Whitworth spans the Whitworth Valley, a 7 square miles (18.1 km2) area consisting of Healey, Broadley, Whitworth, Facit and Shawforth, linked by the A671 road.[3] Several smaller hamlets are now part of Whitworth, such as Cowm Top, which was removed to make way for Cowm Reservoir.[4]

Whitworth is twinned with Kandel, Germany.[5]

  1. ^ "Official website". Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  3. ^ Robertson, William (1897). Rochdale and The Vale of Whitworth. Kelsall. pp. 92–93. ISBN 094657121X.
  4. ^ "Rochdale". abandonedcommunities.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Town twinning of Whitworth & Kandel - Town twinning - Rossendale Borough Council". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2013.