Rossendale

The Rossendale Valley is a borough in , consisting of a number of small towns and villages including Haslingden, Rawtenstall, Bacup, Waterfoot and 1 Acre. It lies within the West Pennine Moors.
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  • Type: Locality with 67,400 residents
  • Description: district with borough status in Lancashire, England
  • Also known as: “Borough of Rossendale” and “Rossendale District”
  • Postal code: BB4

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Whitaker and Hail Storm Hill.

Museum
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is a museum.

Peak
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, also known as Cowpe Moss, is the highest point of the , England, an area of moorland and hill country situated between the and the South Pennines.

Railway station
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serves the town of , in , England; it is the northern terminus of the heritage East Lancashire Railway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rawtenstall and Haslingden.

Town
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The Rossendale Valley is a borough in , consisting of a number of small towns and villages including Haslingden, , Bacup, Waterfoot and 1 Acre. It lies within the West Pennine Moors.

Town
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is a town in the borough of Rossendale, , England. It lies 16 miles north of . At the time of the 2021 census, the town had a population of 15,969.

Town
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Bury is a town and borough in in the northwest of England, ten miles north of central Manchester. It’s a former textile-milling town, with a population in 2024 of 199,000.

Rossendale

Latitude
53.6846° or 53° 41′ 4″ north
Longitude
-2.2769° or 2° 16′ 37″ west
Population
67,400
Elevation
1,247 feet (380 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB RDA
Open location code
9C5VMPMF+R6
Geo­Names ID
8299614
Wiki­data ID
Q527423
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Welsh—“Rossendale” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “রোজেনডেল”
  • Bulgarian: “Росендале”
  • Cebuano: “Rossendale District (distrito sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
  • Cebuano: “Rossendale District”
  • Cebuano: “Rossendale”
  • Chinese: “Rossendale”
  • Chinese: “罗森代尔”
  • Chinese: “罗森代尔市”
  • Chinese: “罗森戴尔”
  • Chinese: “羅森代爾”
  • Chinese: “羅森戴爾”
  • Chinese: “羅燊地”
  • Dutch: “Rossendale”
  • French: “Borough de Rossendale”
  • French: “Rossendale”
  • German: “Rossendale”
  • Gujarati: “રોસેન્ડેલ”
  • Irish: “Rossendale”
  • Italian: “Rossendale”
  • Japanese: “ロセンデール”
  • Japanese: “ロッセンデール”
  • Kannada: “ರೋಸೆಂಡೇಲ್”
  • Korean: “로선데일”
  • Lithuanian: “Rosendeilas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Rossendale”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rossendale”
  • Norwegian: “Rossendale”
  • Polish: “Rossendale”
  • Portuguese: “Rossendale”
  • Romanian: “Rossendale”
  • Russian: “Россендейл”
  • Spanish: “Rossendale”
  • Swedish: “Borough of Rossendale”
  • Swedish: “Rossendale District (distrikt i Storbritannien)”
  • Swedish: “Rossendale”
  • Tamil: “ரோஸ்ஸெண்டலே”
  • Telugu: “రోసంన్డేల్”
  • Turkish: “Rossendale”
  • Urdu: “راسینڈئل”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Rossendale”
  • “Rossendale”

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