Twiston

Twiston is a village and a civil parish in the Ribble Valley District, in the English county of Lancashire. It is near the town of Clitheroe and the village of Downham (in whose parish the population of Twiston is now included). The parish is part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).^[2] It adjoins the Ribble Valley parishes of Downham and Rimington, and the Pendle parish of Barley-with-Wheatley Booth.

Twiston
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Population	64  (2001 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SD813438
Civil parish	Twiston
District	Ribble Valley
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CLITHEROE
Postcode district	BB7
Dialling code	01200
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Ribble Valley
List of places UK England Lancashire 53.8907°N 2.2851°W / 53.8907; -2.2851

Twiston was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming part of the Clitheroe Rural District from 1894 till 1974.^[3]

Along with Chatburn and Downham, the parish makes up the Chatburn ward of Ribble Valley Borough Council. ^[4][5]

Media gallery

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  Hill Top Farmhouse.
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  Witches Quarry.
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  Lower Gate.
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  Pendle Hill from the hillside above Twiston Beck.
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  Old Lime kiln.^[6]
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  Site of the former Twiston Mill.

See also

• Lancashire portal

• Listed buildings in Twiston