ROSSENDALE

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ROSSENDALE is a local government district and valley area in Lancashire, England, known for its former mill towns and scenic Pennine countryside.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf local government district
non-metropolitan district
valley
adjacentTo Burnley
Bury
Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale
surface form: Calderdale

Hyndburn borough
surface form: Hyndburn

Rochdale
containsSettlement Bacup
Cloughfold
Constable Lee
Crawshawbooth
Edenfield
Goodshaw
Haslingden
Helmshore
Loveclough
Lumb
Newchurch
Rawtenstall
Stacksteads
Water
Waterfoot
Weir
Whitworth
country United Kingdom
dateOfEstablishment 1974-04-01
formedBy Local Government Act 1972
governingBody Rossendale borough
surface form: Rossendale Borough Council
governmentType non-metropolitan district council
hasAdministrativeHeadquarters Bacup
hasFeature moorland
river valleys
valley landscape
hasGeography Pennines
surface form: Pennine hills

Rossendale Valley
hasLandUse rural countryside
urban areas
hasTransport East Lancashire Railway
historicalCounty Lancashire
knownFor former mill towns
industrial archaeology
scenic Pennine countryside
textile industry heritage
locatedIn Lancashire
North West England
observesDaylightSavingTime British Summer Time
partOf ceremonial county of Lancashire
surface form: Ceremonial county of Lancashire
timeZone Europe/London

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Haslingden postalTown ROSSENDALE