Rossendale Borough Council

Rossendale Borough Council is the local authority for the Rossendale district of Lancashire, in northwestern England.

It was formed on 1 April 1974 as a result of the 1972 Local Government Act and consists of:

The former Municipal Boroughs of Bacup, Haslingden & Rawtenstall
One third of the former Urban District of Ramsbottom
The former Urban District of Whitworth

The population of the borough was 65,652 at the time of the 2001 Census.^[1]

References

↑ "2001 Census: Census Area Statistics: Population: Area: Rossendale (Local Authority)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2008-04-27.

External links

Official web site

Local authorities in Lancashire

County council and unitary	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Lancashire

District councils	Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Lancaster Pendle Preston Ribble Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre

Culture and infrastructure of the Borough of Rossendale

Transport

East Lancashire Railway Rosso Rawtenstall Corporation Tramways

Heritage railway stations	Irwell Vale Rawtenstall

Disused railway stations	Bacup Britannia Clough Fold Ewood Bridge and Edenfield Facit Haslingden Helmshore Shawforth Stacksteads Stubbins Waterfoot Whitworth

Schools

Sport

Media

Rossendale Radio

Politics

Council Council elections 1998 99 2000 02 03 04 06 07 08 10 11 12 14 15

Constituencies: Rossendale By-elections: 1892 1900 04 17 Rossendale and Darwen

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