Wilpshire

Human settlement in England

Wilpshire

The Wilpshire Hotel public house

Wilpshire

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Wilpshire

Location within Lancashire

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Population| 2,582 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference| SD685315
Civil parish|

* Wilpshire[2]

District|

* Ribble Valley

Shire county|

* Lancashire

Region|

* North West

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| BLACKBURN
Postcode district| BB1
Dialling code| 01254
Police| Lancashire
Fire| Lancashire
Ambulance| North West
UK Parliament|

* Ribble Valley

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England
Lancashire

53°47′13″N 2°28′34″W﻿ / ﻿53.787°N 2.476°W﻿ / 53.787; -2.476

Wilpshire is a village and civil parish in the county of Lancashire, England. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Blackburn, and forms part of the town's urban area,[3] although it is in the Ribble Valley local government district. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 2,569,[4] increasing to 2,582 at the 2011 Census.[1]

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.

The only pub in the village is the Wilpshire Hotel, formerly known as The Red House.

Wilpshire Golf Club is a private golf club in the village, was founded in 1890. Originally it was a nine-hole course but extended to an eighteen-hole course in 1907. James Braid was commissioned to redesign the course. Most of the reconstruction took place before 1924. In 1995 the course was altered by a new 17th hole.[5]

## Notable people

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* Dame Dorothy Elizabeth 'Betty' Ackroyd (1910–1987), civil servant and first director of the Consumer Council, which ran from 1963 to 1971.
* Peter Doyle (born 1944), the retired Roman Catholic Bishop of Northampton.

## References

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1. ^ a b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Wilpshire Parish (1170215138)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
2. ^ "Wilpshire Parish Council Website". Wilpshire Parish Council. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
3. ^ "Regional Spatial Strategy - Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council statement". Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. 2006. Retrieved 13 March 2008.
4. ^ "Area: Wilpshire CP (Parish) — Parish Headcounts", Neighbourhood Statistics, Office for National Statistics, retrieved 19 August 2011
5. ^ AA Guide to Golf Courses 1999, page 168

## External links

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Geography of the Borough of Ribble Valley

Towns|

* Clitheroe
* Longridge

Villages
and suburbs|

* Balderstone
* Barrow
* Bashall Eaves
* Billington
* Bolton-by-Bowland
* Brockhall Village
* Chatburn
* Chipping
* Clayton-le-Dale
* Dinckley
* Downham
* Dunsop Bridge
* Gisburn
* Great Mitton
* Grindleton
* Horton
* Hurst Green
* Langho
* Low Moor
* Mellor Brook
* Mellor
* Middop
* Newsholme
* Newton
* Osbaldeston
* Paythorne
* Pendleton
* Read
* Ribchester
* Rimington
* Sabden
* Salesbury
* Sawley
* Simonstone
* Slaidburn
* Stydd
* Tosside
* Twiston
* Waddington
* West Bradford
* Whalley
* Whitewell
* Wilpshire
* Wiswell
* Worston
* York

Parishes|

* Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley
* Balderstone
* Bashall Eaves
* Billington and Langho
* Bolton-by-Bowland
* Bowland Forest High
* Bowland Forest Low
* Bowland-with-Leagram
* Chatburn
* Chipping
* Clayton-le-Dale
* Clitheroe
* Dinckley
* Downham
* Dutton
* Easington
* Gisburn
* Gisburn Forest
* Great Mitton
* Grindleton
* Horton
* Hothersall
* Little Mitton
* Longridge
* Mearley
* Mellor
* Middop
* Newsholme
* Newton
* Osbaldeston
* Paythorne
* Pendleton
* Ramsgreave
* Read
* Ribchester
* Rimington
* Sabden
* Salesbury
* Sawley
* Simonstone
* Slaidburn
* Thornley-with-Wheatley
* Twiston
* Waddington
* West Bradford
* Whalley
* Wilpshire
* Wiswell
* Worston

Topography|

* Centre of Great Britain
* Forest of Bowland
* Forest of Pendle
* Stocks Reservoir
* Stonyhurst
* Trough of Bowland

Footpaths|

* Ribble Way
* Lancashire Witches Walk

Hills|

* Easington Fell
* Fair Snape Fell
* Hawthornthwaite Fell
* Longridge Fell
* Parlick
* Pendle Hill
* White Hill
* Wolfhole Crag

Waterways|

* Bashall Brook
* Dinckley Brook
* Mearley Brook
* R Calder
* R Dunsop
* R Hodder
* R Loud
* Pendleton Brook
* R Ribble
* tributaries
* Sabden Brook
* Skirden Beck
* Stock Beck
* Stydd Brook

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