Wilpshire is a village and
civil parish in the county of
Lancashire, England. It is north of
Blackburn, and forms part of the town's urban area,
although it is in the
Ribble Valley local government district. In the
2001 United Kingdom census
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194.
The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...
, the parish had a population of 2,569,
increasing to 2,582 at the 2011 Census.
The village is situated on the
A666 Whalley Road, between the
Brownhill
Brownhill is a suburb of Blackburn, in the unitary borough of Blackburn with Darwen, in Lancashire, England. It is situated to the north-east of the town centre, in the Roe Lee ward which has an estimated population of around 5948. Other nearb ...
area of Blackburn and the village of
Langho. The local railway station is
Ramsgreave and Wilpshire, on the
Ribble Valley Line with train services to Blackburn,
Manchester and
Clitheroe.
The only
pub in the village is the Wilpshire Hotel, formerly known as The Red House.
Wilpshire Golf Club is a private golf club in the village, was founded in 1890. Originally it was a nine-hole course but extended to an eighteen-hole course in 1907.
James Braid was commissioned to redesign the course. Most of the reconstruction took place before 1924. In 1995 the course was altered by a new 17th hole.
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Villages in Lancashire
Civil parishes in Lancashire
Geography of Ribble Valley
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