Rossendale - Definition and Overview

Borough of Rossendale
Shown within Lancashire
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	North West England
Admin. County:	Lancashire
Area: - Total	Ranked 218th 138.05 km²
Admin. HQ:	Rawtenstall
ONS code:	30UM
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 317th 65,818 477 / km²
Ethnicity:	96.2% White 3.1% S.Asian
Politics
Rossendale Borough Council http://www.rossendale.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Conservative
MPs:	Greg Pope, Janet Anderson

Rossendale is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Rawtenstall. The borough consists of towns of the valley of the River Irwell, and the surrounding moorland of the South Pennines.

Other places in Rossendale include:

• Bacup
• Crawshawbooth
• Edenfield
• Facit
• Greave
• Haslingden
• Laund, Lumb
• Newchurch, Nun Hills
• Rawtenstall
• Rockliffe
• Shawforth, Stubbins
• Waterfoot, Whitworth