Rawtenstall
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Rawtenstall is a town in the borough of Rossendale, Lancashire, England. The town lies 15 miles north of Manchester, 22 miles east of Preston and 45 miles south east of Lancaster. The town is at the centre of the Rossendale Valley. It had a population of 23,000.
Rawtenstall as seen from a hill in Haslingden
Rawtenstall Town Hall
The coat of arms of the former Rawtenstall Borough Council
Rawtenstall's old bus station, September 2008
Bacup
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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, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Rawtenstall, 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Rochdale, and 7 miles (11 km) south of Burnley. At the 2011 Census, Bacup had a population of 13,323.
Yorkshire Street, Bacup
The former Bacup Town Hall
The River Irwell at Weir in the rural north of Bacup
A Rosso bus in Bacup town centre