Pendle

Pendle is a local government district and borough of Lancashire, England, on the North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire borders. It adjoins the Lancashire boroughs of Burnley and Ribble Valley. It has a total population of about 90,000 people, and is represented in Parliament by Gordon Prentice (Labour).

It was created in 1974 as a result of local government reorganisation from the former Municipal Boroughs of Nelson and Colne, the former urban districts of Barnoldswick, Barrowford, Brierfield, Earby and Trawden, and from parts of Burnley Rural District and Skipton Rural District. It was named after the historical district of Pendle Forest. The Barnoldswick, Earby and Skipton parts are historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The name Pendle comes from the Cumbric word 'Pen' meaning hill, a reference to Pendle Hill, a major landmark in Pendle.

The area is closely associated with the Pendle witch trials, and the landscape in the north of the borough is dominated by Pendle Hill.

Places in Pendle include:

Pendle College at Lancaster University takes its name from this area, and many of the places in Pendle lend their name to the college's residential blocks.

External links

Local Government

Pendle Borough Council
Mayor of Pendle's Blog
Lancashire County Council
PendleLife, the locally focussed web portal
Gordon Prentice, MP for Pendle
Pendle Conservatives

Local Media

Lancashire Evening Telegraph, a daily local newspaper.
Pendle Today website of the Nelson Leader and Colne Times weekly newspapers.
Northern Life Magazine Successful Pendle-based, Northern focussed print magazine
Pendle.net, a local web portal

Local Societies