Nelson

E33729
civil parish town

Nelson is a former mill town in Lancashire, England, known for its industrial heritage and location near the Pennine hills.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish ⓘ
town ⓘ
category Former mill towns in England ⓘ
Towns in Lancashire ⓘ
ceremonialCounty Lancashire ⓘ
country England ⓘ
countrySubdivision England ⓘ
developedDuring Industrial Revolution ⓘ
dialCode 01282 ⓘ
distanceTo about 25 miles north of Manchester ⓘ
about 4 miles north of Burnley ⓘ
economicTransition post-industrial town ⓘ
governingBody Pendle Borough Council ⓘ
hasBusStation Nelson Interchange ⓘ
hasCanal Leeds and Liverpool Canal ⓘ
hasCollege Nelson and Colne College ⓘ
hasFootballClub Nelson F.C. ⓘ
hasIndustrialHeritage cotton mills ⓘ
weaving sheds ⓘ
hasNeighbouringTown Barrowford ⓘ
Brierfield ⓘ
Colne ⓘ
hasPark Victoria Park, Nelson ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Nelson railway station ⓘ
hasStatus former mill town ⓘ
historicCounty Lancashire ⓘ
knownFor former cotton mill industry ⓘ
industrial heritage ⓘ
lieutenancyArea Lancashire ⓘ
localNewspaper Nelson Leader ⓘ
locatedIn Lancashire ⓘ
North West England ⓘ
locatedNear Pendle Hill ⓘ
Pennines ⓘ
surface form: Pennine hills
OSGridReference SD861375 ⓘ
parliamentaryConstituency Borough of Pendle ⓘ
surface form: Pendle
partOf Borough of Pendle ⓘ
population approximately 29000 ⓘ
postcodeArea BB ⓘ
postcodeDistrict BB9 ⓘ
primaryIndustryHistorical cotton weaving ⓘ
textile manufacturing ⓘ
railLine East Lancashire Line ⓘ
region Pennines ⓘ
settlementType urban area ⓘ
timeZone UTC+0 ⓘ
timeZoneDST UTC+1 ⓘ
transportFeature M65 motorway nearby ⓘ

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Lancashire → hasMajorTown → Nelson ⓘ