Read
Read is a village in Lancashire 5 miles west northwest of Burnley and 2 miles east of Whalley. It is on the A671 which is the main road between Burnley and Clitheroe. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 census was 1,419.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 1,460 residents
- Description: village and civil parish in Lancashire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Read, Lancashire”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Peter’s Church, Simonstone and Read Hall and Park.
Read Hall and Park
Building
Photo: Mike and Kirsty Grundy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Read Hall and Park is a manor house with ornamental grounds of about 450 acres in Whalley Road, Read, a few miles west of Padiham, Lancashire, England.
St James’ Church, Altham
Church
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St James' Church is in the village of Altham, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Accrington, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whalley and Great Harwood.
Whalley
Village
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Whalley is a village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley on the banks of the River Calder in Lancashire, England. It is overlooked by Whalley Nab, a large wooded hill over the river from the village. Whalley is situated 2 miles northwest of Read.
Great Harwood
Town
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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. Great Harwood is situated 2½ miles southwest of Read.
Higham
Village
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Higham is a village in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England, south of Pendle Hill. The civil parish is named Higham with West Close Booth. The village is 2 miles north-east of Padiham and about 4 miles south-west of Nelson along the A6068 road. Higham is situated 2½ miles northeast of Read.
Read
- Categories: civil parish and locality
- Location: Read, Ribble Valley District, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.80883° or 53° 48′ 32″ northLongitude
-2.35522° or 2° 21′ 19″ westPopulation
1,460Elevation
364 feet (111 metres)Open location code
9C5VRJ5V+GWOpenStreetMap ID
node 1014587538OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
11592620Wikidata ID
Q2230619
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Welsh—“Read” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Реад”
- Cebuano: “Read”
- Chinese: “里德”
- Dutch: “Read”
- French: “Read”
- Irish: “Read”
- Italian: “Read (Lancashire)”
- Italian: “Read”
- Ladin: “Read”
- Persian: “رید، لانکاشر”
- Polish: “Read”
- Spanish: “Read”
- Swedish: “Read, Lancashire”
- Swedish: “Read”
- Turkish: “Read, Lancashire”
- Welsh: “Read, Swydd Gaerhirfryn”
- “Read”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St John’s Church, Read and Read St John’s CofE Primary School.
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