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The Pendle Rise Shopping Centre has been the focal point of the town centre for over 50 years. It opened as the Arndale Centre in June 1967 [25] and was rebranded as the Admiral Shopping Centre before taking its current name. Nelson Market (previously Admiral's Market) is a covered market below the Pendle Rise Shopping Centre.
William Roberts and Company (later William Roberts and Sons) of Phoenix Foundry in Nelson, Lancashire, England, produced many of the steam engines that powered cotton weaving and spinning mills of Pendle and neighbouring districts. [1] Industrial historian Mike Rothwell has called Phoenix foundry “Nelson’s most significant engineering site ...
Nelson is a town and civil parish in Pendle, Lancashire, England. It contains 38 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the town of Nelson and surrounding countryside.
Pendle is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. The council is based in Nelson , the borough's largest town. The borough also includes the towns of Barnoldswick , Brierfield , Colne and Earby along with the surrounding villages and rural areas.
[2] [3] The tramway network was progressively abandoned, with the last line closing in May 1935. Following local government reorganisation in April 1974, the boroughs of Colne and Nelson were amalgamated to form the present-day Borough of Pendle. Subsequently, the transport operation became known as the Burnley & Pendle Joint Transport Committee.
The building continued to serve as the headquarters of the local borough council for much of the 20th century and remained the local seat of government after the enlarged Pendle Borough Council was formed in 1974. [10] [11] Following its formation in May 2008, [1] the town hall also became the regular meeting place of Nelson Town Council. [12] [13]
Blacko / ˈ b l æ k oʊ / is a village and civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. Before local government reorganisation in 1974 the village lay on the border with the West Riding of Yorkshire. The parish has a population of 672. [2] The village is on the old turnpike road from Nelson to Gisburn .
Barrowford (/ ˌ b ær oʊ ˈ f ɔːr d /) is a village and civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England, north of Nelson, [1] near the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [2] [3] Barrowford is on the Marsden–Gisburn–Long Preston turnpike. One of the original toll houses can still be seen at the junction with ...