Great Harwood
Great Harwood is a town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, located 5 miles north east of Blackburn and adjacent to the Ribble Valley. Great Harwood is part of the "Three Towns" conurbation along with the towns of Clayton-le-Moors and Rishton.Photo: Mike and Kirsty Grundy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Bartholomew’s Church, Great Harwood and Church of All Saints, Clayton-le-Moors.
St Bartholomew’s Church, Great Harwood
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Bartholomew's Church is in the town of Great Harwood in Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.
Hyndburn Academy
School
The Hyndburn Academy, previously known as Norden High School and Sports College, is the united learning academy school situated in the town of Rishton, Lancashire, United Kingdom. The current headteacher is Nicola Palmer, who was appointed in 2019.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clayton-le-Moors and Rishton.
Clayton-le-Moors
Town
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Clayton-le-Moors is an industrial town in the Borough of Hyndburn in the county of Lancashire, England. located two miles north of Accrington. The town has a population of 8,522 according to the 2011 census.
Rishton
Town
Photo: Mike and Kirsty Grundy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rishton is a town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, about 2 miles west of Clayton-le-Moors and 4 miles north east of Blackburn. It was an urban district from about 1894 to 1974. The population at the census of 2011 was 6,625.
York
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
York is a hamlet in the Ribble Valley district of the county of Lancashire, England. Part of the Billington and Langho civil parish, it is located southeast of the village of Langho on the old turnpike road between Whalley and Blackburn. York is situated 1½ miles northwest of Great Harwood.
Great Harwood
- Type: Town with 10,800 residents
- Description: town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England
- Categories: unparished area and locality
- Location: Hyndburn District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.78673° or 53° 47′ 12″ northLongitude
-2.40675° or 2° 24′ 24″ westPopulation
10,800Elevation
410 feet (125 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB GRHOpen location code
9C5VQHPV+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 659017175OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Great Harwood” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Great Harwood”
- Basque: “Great Harwood”
- Belarusian: “Грэйт-Гэрўуд”
- Cebuano: “Great Harwood”
- Chinese: “大哈特伍德”
- Dutch: “Great Harwood”
- French: “Great Harwood”
- Greek: “Γκρέιτ Χάργουντ”
- Greek: “Γκρέιτ Χέργουντ”
- Irish: “Great Harwood”
- Italian: “Great Harwood”
- Japanese: “グレート・ハーウッド”
- Ladin: “Great Harwood”
- Persian: “گریت هاروود”
- Polish: “Great Harwood”
- Portuguese: “Great Harwood”
- Russian: “Грейт-Харвуд”
- Spanish: “Great Harwood”
- Swedish: “Great Harwood”
- Volapük: “Great Harwood”
- Welsh: “Great Harwood”
Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Haydock Square and Great Harwood sub Post Office.
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