Weir is a village to the north of

Bacup Bacup ( , ) is a town in the Rossendale Borough in Lancashire, England, in the South Pennines close to Lancashire's boundaries with West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester. The town is in the Rossendale Valley and the upper Irwell Valley, east of ...

in the Rossendale borough of

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, England, and immediately south of the boundary with the

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. The village had a population of 1,251 at the 2011 Census. Anciently, Weir constituted a

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, but later emerged as an outlying suburb of Bacup town after the Burnley Road turnpike was built through the settlement at the end of the 18th Century.

Village

Weir straddles the

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and is located by Deerplay Moor, the source of the

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, and adjacent to the parish of

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. Weir is serviced by Northern Primary School in Broadclough, has a church and community centre (th
Doals Centre
, an award-winning cafe-bar
Anna's
, and a Riding Centre
Weir Riding Centre
. Weir was previously serviced by two pubs, the Weir Hotel and the New Deerplay in nearby Cliviger (once the 12th highest pub in England at 1,310 ft). These pubs are set to become business and residential developments. Weir has an active voluntary group, Weir Pride, which holds monthly meetings and arranges litter picks, floral displays and planting around the village, as well as organising community activities and an annual village fete. Weir has a football team named A.F.C. Weir, formed in 2010, who compete in the Burnley Miners Burnley and District Sunday league. Their highest finish was second in the 2013/14 season. They also won the Harry Briggs memorial trophy that season, beating Craven 4–0 with two goals each from Luke Dempsey and Ryan Nuttall, Weir goalkeeper Stewart haslam picked up man of the match. They play their home games at Towneley Playing Fields. There have been several attempts to further develop Weir. The land on the boundary of Weir, adjacent to Broadclough Farm has had several attempts at development including a 61 home plan as well as an 80-bed residential care unit. However to date these have been refused the main concern being loss of the open moorland and countryside surrounding the village. In June 2014 the police announced they would be monitoring the road between Weir and

(passing through

Broadclough Broadclough – historically Broad Clough (meaning "broad valley") – is a village located to the north of Bacup (where population details are included), previously having been a part of the old borough of Bacup and now with Borough of Rossenda ...

) as it had become an accident blackspot.

Politics

It is part of the Rossendale and Darwen constituency, with

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having been the Member of Parliament since 2010.

Notable people

Michael Carr, a

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politician and former

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for the

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, is a resident of Weir.

Gallery

File:View of Weir Lancashire.jpg, alt=View over Weir, View over Weir File:Weir Lancashire.jpg, alt=View over Weir, View over Weir File:Entering Rossendale on the A671 Burnley Road. - geograph.org.uk - 504489.jpg, alt=Approaching Weir from Burnley, Approaching Weir from Burnley File:Weir Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 378807.jpg, alt=Weir War Memorial, Deerplay Moor, Weir War Memorial, Deerplay Moor File:Wesley Terrace, Heald Lane, Weir, Lancashire - geograph.org.uk - 1258137.jpg, alt=Traditional housing in Weir, Traditional housing in Weir File:Lynn Court, Weir - geograph.org.uk - 827482.jpg, alt=Modern housing in Weir, Modern housing in Weir

References

External links

{{authority control Villages in Lancashire Geography of the Borough of Rossendale