Wilpshire
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Wilpshire is a village and civil parish in the county of Lancashire, England. It is north of Blackburn, and forms part of the town's urban area, although it is in the Ribble Valley local government district. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 2,569, increasing to 2,582 at the 2011 Census.
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Place details
- Locality
- Blackburn
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image_name
- Wilpshire Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 1101691.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The Wilpshire Hotel public house
- UK place.population
- 2,582
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.official_name
- Wilpshire
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wilpshire
- UK place.shire_district
- Ribble Valley
- UK place.shire_county
- Lancashire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Ribble Valley
- UK place.post_town
- BLACKBURN
- UK place.postcode_district
- BB1
- UK place.postcode_area
- BB
- UK place.dial_code
- 01254
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD685315
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Borough of Ribble Valley
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Shown within Ribble Valley
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Wilpshire is a village and civil parish in the county of Lancashire, England. It is north of Blackburn, and forms part of the town's urban area, although it is in the Ribble Valley local government district. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 2,569, increasing to 2,582 at the 2011 Census.
The village is situated on the A666 Whalley Road, between the Brownhill area of Blackburn and the village of Langho. The local railway station is Ramsgreave and Wilpshire, on the Ribble Valley Line with train services to Blackburn, Manchester and Clitheroe.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wilpshire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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