Pendle
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| Borough of Pendle | |
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 Shown within Lancashire | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Admin. County: | Lancashire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 201st 169.36 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Nelson |
| ONS code: | 30UJ |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 252nd 89,313 527 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 84.9% White 14.1% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| Pendle Borough Council http://www.pendle.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Liberal Democrats |
| MP: | Gordon Prentice |
Pendle is a district borough of Lancashire, England, on the North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire borders. It adjoins the Lancashire boroughs of Burnley and Ribble Valley. It has a total population of about 90,000 people, and is represented in Parliament by Gordon Prentice (Labour).
It was created in 1972 as a result of local government reorganisation from the former Municipal Boroughs of Nelson and Colne, the former urban districts of Barnoldswick, Barrowford, Brierfield, Earby and Trawden, and from parts of Burnley and Skipton Rural District Councils. It was named after the historical district of Pendle Forest.
The area is closely associated with the Pendle Witches, and the landscape in the south of the borough is dominated by Pendle Hill.
Places in Pendle include:
- Barley, Barnoldswick, Barrowford, Bracewell, Brierfield
- Carr Hall, Colne
- Earby
- Fence, Foulridge
- Higham
- Kelbrook
- Laneshaw Bridge
- Nelson
- Reedley
- Salterforth, Sough
- Trawden
- Wycoller
External links
Local Government
- Pendle Borough Council (http://www.pendle.gov.uk)
- Lancashire County Council (http://www.lancashire.gov.uk)
Local Media
- Lancashire Evening Telegraph (http://www.thisislancashire.co.uk), a daily local newspaper.
- Pendle Today (http://www.pendletoday.co.uk) website of the Nelson Leader and Colne Times weekly newspapers.
- Pendle.net (http://www.pendle.net/), a local web portal
Local Societies
- Pendle Forest Cycling Club (http://www.pendleforestcyclingclub.co.uk/)
- Craven and Pendle Geological Society (http://freespace.virgin.net/craven.pendle/)
- Pendle Writers (http://www.pendlewriters.com/)
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