The A671 is a road in the North West of

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, that runs between

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and

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, near Clitheroe,

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. Major towns on the route include

Rochdale Rochdale ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, at the foothills of the South Pennines in the dale on the River Roch, northwest of Oldham and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough ...

and

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2001 population of 73,021. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Bru ...

. The road is approximately long. Between Burnley and the A59, the A671 has

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status. The section of road between Burnley and Whalley has been identified as one of the UK's ten most dangerous roads, with 48 serious or fatal collisions between 2000 and 2005.

Route

The southern end of the road, formerly part of the A627, was the main route from Oldham to Rochdale until it was bypassed by the A627(M) motorway in 1972. Whitworth Boundary Sign on Rochdale Road - geograph

Whitworth Boundary Sign on Rochdale Road - geograph

Between Rochdale and Bacup, the road passes through the small town of Whitworth. The section through the town is called Market Street, and has several speed cameras as well as being the scene of a number of accidents. The road passes through the centre of Bacup, where it crosses the A681. It then processes through Broadclough and

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before going over Deerplay Moor. It later crosses the A646 before reaching

. North of Burnley the A671 is a

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. There is a junction with the

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(junction 10) before the road passes through

Padiham Padiham ( ) is a town and civil parish on the River Calder, about west of Burnley, Lancashire, England. It forms part of the Borough of Burnley. Originally by the River Calder, it is edged by the foothills of Pendle Hill to the north-west ...

, a small town within the borough of Burnley. The A671 forms the main street through the town. Beyond Padiham is a stretch of the road known as the Devils Elbow, near the village of

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. Further to the north-west there is the junction with the A680. Whalley Road with Park Street on the right

The road then bypasses Whalley, and ends at a roundabout, joining the A59 near

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. further north-east, the road leaves the A59. This section of the A671 is non-primary and forms a loop through the town of Clitheroe, which is bypassed by the A59 to the south and east of the town. It heads to the north through Clitheroe, and heads east as it leaves the town, terminating at another junction with the A59 again near

Bypass Proposals

There have been a large number of road traffic incidents on the A671 as it passes through the small hamlets of Broadclough and

near Bacup including fatalities. Currently police are monitoring the road and there have been calls from local residents, led by County Councillor Jimmy Easton, for the creation of a bypass with the suggestion of utilising elements of the old highway Bacup Old Road.

References

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