North Turton

North Turton
North Turton
	North Turton Shown within Blackburn with Darwen North Turton Location within Lancashire
Population	3,867 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference	SD737158
Civil parish	North Turton;
Unitary authority	Blackburn with Darwen;
Ceremonial county	Lancashire;
Region	North West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BOLTON
Postcode district	BL7
Dialling code	01204
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Rossendale and Darwen;
	List of places UK England Lancashire 53°38′20″N 2°23′54″W / 53.6388°N 2.398253°W

North Turton is a civil parish of the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen in Lancashire, England. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001 the civil parish has a population of 3,736, increasing to 3,867 at the 2011 Census.^[1]^[2] North Turton is the northern part of the historic area of Turton. Created by the 1972 Local Government Act, the area is adminstered by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council and North Turton Parish Council.

Geography and administration

North Turton is in the West Pennine Moors, between Blackburn in the north and Bolton to the south.

North Turton was created in 1974 from the rural part of the former Turton Urban District. Within this civil parish there are three villages, Edgworth, Chapeltown, Belmont, and several hamlets, including Entwistle and Quarlton.

There are three main roads that cross North Turton: the A666 (Blackburn Road), the A675 (Belmont Road), and the B6391 (Chapeltown Road).

There is an infrequent railway commuter service at Entwistle railway station which is served by Northern, which operate services on the Ribble Valley Line. There was a second, Turton and Edgworth railway station but was closed in the 1960s by the Beeching cuts.^[3]

^ ^a ^b UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – North Turton Parish (1170211126)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
^ "Parish headcount" (PDF). Lancashire County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2006. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
^ Welcome to North Turton. URL accessed 26 May 2007.

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