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Rossendale Borough Council

Local authority area: Rossendale

Rossendale is a district council in Lancashire, in the North West England region of England. It covers 138.0 km² and had 71,169 residents in 2022 — about 516 people per km². The authority dates from 1974. The council is based in Rawtenstall.

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Town hall in the administrative centreRawtenstall Town Hall

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Rossendale, 2012–2022.

Residents, 202271,169+4.0% since 2012

Land area138.0km²53.3 sq mi

Density516/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#363of 382 UK councils · #305 in England

Population estimates4 data points

68.4K69.5K70.9K71.2K

2012201520182022

History

How the council came to be

1974
Created
Rossendale became a local authority area.

Same county

Other councils in Lancashire

All councils in North West

Preston151,582 Lancaster144,446 West Lancashire119,367 Chorley118,624 Wyre114,809 South Ribble112,166 Pendle96,110 Burnley95,553 Hyndburn83,213 Fylde83,008 Ribble Valley63,107

Elections

10 electoral wards

Census 2021: 70,870 residents in 30,559 households across the wards; 19.3% aged 65+, 67.9% of homes owned, 18.4% of households without a car.

1Haslingden3,715 households · 15.5% aged 65+8,974 2Longholme3,687 households · 18.5% aged 65+8,542 3Whitworth3,488 households · 20.3% aged 65+7,798 4Whitewell & Stacksteads3,178 households · 18.9% aged 65+7,008 5Britannia & Lee Mill2,901 households · 16.0% aged 65+6,953 6Bacup2,925 households · 17.5% aged 65+6,885

All wards of Rossendale

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Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

CRossendale Borough CouncilCouncil office · Bacup OL13 0BB · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Rossendale and Darwen · 9 wards Hyndburn · 4 wards

Source: Wikidata Q527423 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.