Rawtenstall
Sign in to saveRawtenstall () is a town in the borough of Rossendale, Lancashire, England. The town lies 15 miles (24 km) north of Manchester, 22 miles (35 km) east of Preston and 45 miles (70 km) south east of Lancaster. The town is at the centre of the Rossendale Valley. As of 2022, it had a population of 23,000.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.population
- 23,000
- UK place.official_name
- Rawtenstall
- UK place.shire_district
- Rossendale
- UK place.shire_county
- Lancashire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Rossendale and Darwen
- UK place.post_town
- ROSSENDALE
- UK place.postcode_district
- BB4
- UK place.postcode_area
- BB
- UK place.dial_code
- 01706
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD808226
- UK place.static_image_name
- Rawten.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Rawtenstall as seen from a hill in Haslingden
- UK place.london_distance
- SE
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Borough of Rossendale
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Shown within Rossendale
- UK place.type
- Town
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Toponym
- History
- Governance
- Geography
- Climate
- Transport
- Education
- The town centre
- Culture
- Whitaker Park and The Whitaker
- Media
- Sport
- Notable people
- Sport
- See also
- References
- External links
Rawtenstall () is a town in the borough of Rossendale, Lancashire, England. The town lies 15 miles (24 km) north of Manchester, 22 miles (35 km) east of Preston and 45 miles (70 km) south east of Lancaster. The town is at the centre of the Rossendale Valley. As of 2022, it had a population of 23,000.
==Toponym == The name Rawtenstall has been given two possible interpretations. The older is a combination of the Middle English routen ('to roar or bellow'), from the Old Norse rauta and the Old English stall 'pool in a river' (Ekwall 1922, 92). The second, more recent one, relates to Rawtenstall's identification as a cattle farm in 1324 and combines the Old English ruh 'rough' and tun-stall 'the site of a farm or cow-pasture', or possibly, 'buildings occupied when cattle were pastured on high ground'