Roughlee Booth

Roughlee Booth is a civil parish located in Pendle, Lancashire. It is approximately 449.43 hectares in size^[2] and situated in the Forest of Bowland AONB.^[3] It borders on the parishes of Blacko, Barrowford, Old Laund Booth, Goldshaw Booth and Barley-with-Wheatley Booth. It is part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).^[4] It contains the village of Roughlee and hamlets of Crow Trees and Thornley Holme. According to the 2011 United Kingdom census, the parish has a population of 318,^[1] a decrease from 328 in the 2001 census.^[5]

Roughlee Booth
A view over Roughlee
Roughlee Booth Location within Lancashire
Area	4.49 km2 (1.73 sq mi) [1]
Population	318 [1]
• Density	71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Civil parish	Roughlee Booth
District	Pendle
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	BB9,BB12
Dialling code	01282
Website	Roughlee Parish Council
List of places UK England Lancashire 53.859°N 2.238°W / 53.859; -2.238

Civil Parish map of Pendle- Roughlee Booth is located in the parish marked 3

Governance

Along with Higham-with-West Close Booth, Goldshaw Booth and Barley-with-Wheatley Booth, the parish forms the Higham with Pendleside ward of Pendle Borough Council.^[6]

Roughlee Booth was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming part of the Burnley Rural District from 1894 until 1974. The village of Newchurch in Pendle used to straddle the boundary with Goldshaw Booth,^[a] but that part of the parish was transferred in 1935.^[8]

Media gallery

• 
  The Bay Horse public house in Roughlee village
• 
  Stepping stones over Pendle Water near Roughlee Old Hall
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  Noggarth Tea Gardens
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  Thornley Holme, on the road to Barley
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  Clarion House, home of the Nelson Independent Labour Party Land Society
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  The Pendle Way passes through the parish
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  Blacko Water in the east of the parish

See also

• Lancashire portal

• Listed buildings in Roughlee Booth