Lancashire

Lancashire is a county of England, lying on the Irish Sea, and bounded by Cumberland, Westmorland, Yorkshire, and Cheshire. Its population in 2000 was estimated as 1,429,450. Its name comes from Lancaster + shire.

Table of contents

1 Towns, cities, villages in Lancashire 2 Places of interest 3 Historical Geography 4 External links

Towns, cities, villages in Lancashire

• Accrington, Adlington
• Bacup, Bamber Bridge, Barrow-in-Furness, Barnoldswick, Bickerstaffe, Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, Burscough
• Carnforth, Chipping, Chorley, Cleveleys, Clitheroe, Colne
• Dalton, Darwen
• Fleetwood, Freckleton
• Galgate, Garstang, Gisburn, Goosnargh, Great Harwood
• Haslingden, Heysham, Hoghton
• Kirkham
• Lancaster, Lathom, Leyland, Liverpool, Longridge, Lytham
• Manchester, Mawdesley, Morecambe
• Nelson
• Ormskirk, Oswaldtwistle
• Padiham, Parbold, Pendle, Poulton-le-Fylde, Preston
• Rawtenstall, Ribchester, Rufford
• Silverdale, Skelmersdale, Slaidburn, St Annes
• Thornton, Trawden, Tyldesley
• Upholland
• Warrington, Whalley

Places of interest

• Astley Green Colliery Museum, Tyldesley
• Astley Hall
• British Commercial Vehicle Museum, Leyland
• East Lancashire Railway, a heritage railway
• Helmshore Textile Museum
• Hoghton Tower
• Samlesbury Hall
• Lathom Park Chapel, site of Lathom Hall, seat of the Earls of Derby
• Lancaster Castle

• Forest of Bowland
• Forest of Bowland AONB - Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
• RSPB Leighton Moss nature reserve, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

(Morecambe Bay

• WWT Martin Mere, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve, Burscough
• Wyre Forest NNR National Nature Reserve

• Leeds and Liverpool Canal, Ribble Link
• River Ribble, River Douglas, River Tawd, River Lostock, River Irwell, River Roch,

Historical Geography

The administrative area is an area rather smaller than that of the historic county as a result of the Local Government Act 1972. From April 1, 1974 the Furness area (the area of Lancashire north of Morecambe Bay) starting being administered by the new administrative area of Cumbria, the south east being administered by Greater Manchester, and the south west by the metropolitan administrative area of Merseyside. Warrington town and surrounding districts including the villages of Winwick and Croft and Risley and Culcheth were administered by the newly created administrative area of Cheshire. A part of the West Riding of Yorkshire near Clitheroe, came under the umbrella of the administrative county of Lancashire too, at this time.

Lancashire is divided into a number of local government districts. These are Chorley, Fylde, Hyndburn, Lancaster, Pendle, Preston, the Ribble Valley, Rossendale, South Ribble, West Lancashire, and Wyre.

External links

• Lancashire County Council - http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/
• Friends of Real Lancashire - http://www.forl.co.uk/