Rawtenstall

Rawtenstall () is a town in the borough of Rossendale, Lancashire, England. The town lies 15 miles (24 km) north of Manchester, 22 miles (35 km) east of Preston and 45 miles (70 km) south east of Lancaster. The town is at the centre of the Rossendale Valley. As of 2022, it had a population of 23,000.

Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.population: 23,000
UK place.official_name: Rawtenstall
UK place.shire_district: Rossendale
UK place.shire_county: Lancashire
UK place.region: North West England
UK place.constituency_westminster: Rossendale and Darwen
UK place.post_town: ROSSENDALE
UK place.postcode_district: BB4
UK place.postcode_area: BB
UK place.dial_code: 01706
UK place.os_grid_reference: SD808226
UK place.static_image_name: Rawten.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Rawtenstall as seen from a hill in Haslingden
UK place.london_distance: SE
UK place.pushpin_map: United Kingdom Borough of Rossendale
UK place.pushpin_map_caption: Shown within Rossendale
UK place.type: Town

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Wikidata facts

Population: 23000
Official website: www.rossendale.gov.uk
Image: Rawtenstall.jpg
Dialing code: 01706

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Commons category: Rawtenstall
OS grid reference: SD808226
postal code: BB4
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Toponym
History
Governance
Geography
Climate
Transport
Education
The town centre
Culture
Whitaker Park and The Whitaker
Media
Sport
Notable people
Sport
See also
References
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==Toponym == The name Rawtenstall has been given two possible interpretations. The older is a combination of the Middle English routen ('to roar or bellow'), from the Old Norse rauta and the Old English stall 'pool in a river' (Ekwall 1922, 92). The second, more recent one, relates to Rawtenstall's identification as a cattle farm in 1324 and combines the Old English ruh 'rough' and tun-stall 'the site of a farm or cow-pasture', or possibly, 'buildings occupied when cattle were pastured on high ground'