Worston
Sign in to saveWorston is a small linear village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. The village is north-west of Pendle Hill, east of Clitheroe, and is in the Ribble Valley district. As it is only a small village, with a population of 76 at the 2001 census, it has no parish council, but instead has a parish meeting. The parish meeting is shared with Mearley. From the 2011 Census population information for both Mearley and Worston is included within the civil parish of Pendleton.
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Worston
- UK place.static_image_name
- The Calf'sHead, Worston - geograph.org.uk - 68647.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- ''The Calf's Head'' public house
- UK place.civil_parish
- Worston
- UK place.population
- 76
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001)
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD768427
- UK place.post_town
- CLITHEROE
- UK place.postcode_area
- BB
- UK place.postcode_district
- BB7
- UK place.dial_code
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Ribble Valley
- Population
- +101
- Image
- The Calf'sHead, Worston - geograph.org.uk - 68647.jpg
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Worston is a small linear village and civil parish in Lancashire, England. The village is north-west of Pendle Hill, east of Clitheroe, and is in the Ribble Valley district. As it is only a small village, with a population of 76 at the 2001 census, it has no parish council, but instead has a parish meeting. The parish meeting is shared with Mearley. From the 2011 Census population information for both Mearley and Worston is included within the civil parish of Pendleton.
The village has a public house "The Calf's Head". The single road that passes through the village continues as a single track road to Downham. Worston is bypassed to the west by the A59 road, which passes through the edge of the parish. Slightly further north is the route of a Roman road, which forms part of the parish boundary.