Trawden Forest

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Trawden Forest
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Trawden Forest
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Trawden Forest
Location within Lancashire
Population2,765 (2011)
OS grid reference SD9139
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Post town Colne
Postcode district BB8
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53°50′35″N2°08′13″W / 53.843°N 2.137°W / 53.843; -2.137 Coordinates: 53°50′35″N2°08′13″W / 53.843°N 2.137°W / 53.843; -2.137

Trawden Forest is a civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It has a population of 2,765, [1] and contains the village of Trawden (formerly called Beardshaw) and the hamlets of Cottontree, Winewall and Wycoller. Boulsworth Hill is a well known local landmark situated within the parish. It takes its name from a medieval royal forest or "chase" which was in the same area.

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Trawden was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming an urban district from 1894. [2]

The parish adjoins the Pendle parishes of Nelson, Colne and Laneshaw Bridge, the Burnley parish of Briercliffe and West Yorkshire.

According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, the parish has a population of 2,765, [1] an increase from 2,580 in the 2001 census. [3]

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  1. 1 2 UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Trawden Forest Parish (1170215077)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  2. "Trawden Tn/CP through time". visionofbritain.org.uk. GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  3. Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Pendle Retrieved 2009-09-18

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