Cloughfold is a small

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in between the towns of

Rawtenstall Rawtenstall () is a town in the borough of Borough of Rossendale, Rossendale, Lancashire, England. The town lies 15 miles (24 km) north of Manchester, 22 miles (35 km) east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston and 45 miles (70 km) south east of Lanca ...

and Waterfoot in Rossendale, Lancashire, England. Clough Fold railway station on the Rawtenstall to Bacup Line opened in 1871 and closed when the line closed in 1966.

Notable people

* Caleb Ashworth (1722–1775) an English dissenting tutor. *

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(born 1983), model and actress * Sir David James Shackleton (1863–1938) a cotton worker and trade unionist who became the third Labour Member of Parliament in 1902

References

Hamlets in Lancashire Geography of the Borough of Rossendale {{Lancashire-geo-stub