North West England
Lancashire
Hyndburn District

Rishton

Rishton is a town in the Hyndburn district of , England, about 2 miles west of and 4 miles north east of . It was an urban district from about 1894 to 1974. The population at the census of 2011 was 6,625.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Rishton and Rishton railway station.

Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Railway station
Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is in the southern part of the town of Rishton, , . The station is on the East Lancashire Line, operated by Northern Trains.

Building
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The is a country manor in , on the outskirts of near the river Hyndburn. Originally a large country house in Tudor style, it was later converted into a hotel. It is grade II listed.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clayton-le-Moors and Great Harwood.

Town
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is an industrial town in the Borough of Hyndburn in the county of , England. located two miles north of . The town has a population of 8,522 according to the 2011 census.

Town
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is a town in the Hyndburn district of , England, located 5 miles north east of and adjacent to the Ribble Valley. is part of the "Three Towns" conurbation along with the towns of and Rishton.

Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a large village in Hyndburn, , England, situated one mile west of . The village had a population of 5,186 at the 2011 census, an increase from 3,990 according to the 2001 census.

Rishton

Latitude
53.76768° or 53° 46′ 4″ north
Longitude
-2.41783° or 2° 25′ 4″ west
Population
6,630
Elevation
449 feet (137 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB RHT
Open location code
9C5VQH9J+3V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29020269
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2639310
Wiki­data ID
Q2300574
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Rishton” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Rishton”
  • Basque: “Rishton”
  • Bulgarian: “Рищон”
  • Cebuano: “Rishton”
  • Dutch: “Rishton”
  • French: “Rishton”
  • Irish: “Rishton”
  • Italian: “Rishton”
  • Japanese: “リシュタン”
  • Japanese: “リシュトン”
  • Ladin: “Rishton”
  • Persian: “ریشتون”
  • Polish: “Rishton”
  • Spanish: “Rishton”
  • Swedish: “Rishton”
  • Volapük: “Rishton”
  • Welsh: “Rishton”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rishton”. Photo: Mike and Kirsty Grundy, CC BY-SA 2.0.