Sabden

Sabden
Sabden

 Sabden shown within Lancashire
Population 1,371 [1]
OS grid reference SD779374
District Ribble Valley
Shire county Lancashire
Region North West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CLITHEROE
Postcode district BB7
Dialling code 01282
Police Lancashire
Fire Lancashire
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK Parliament Ribble Valley
List of places: UK • England • Lancashire

Sabden is a village and civil parish in Ribble Valley, and the Forest of Pendle, Lancashire.

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Location

Sabden is located south of Pendle Hill, in a valley about 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of Padiham.

Demographics

In the 2001 census, Sabden had a population of 1,371[1].

Governance

Sabden became a civil parish in 1904, when it was formed from the township of Heyhouses, and parts of the parishes of Pendleton, Read, Wiswell, Goldshaw Booth, Higham with West Close Booth and Northtown.[2]

The village is in the single-member Sabden Ward of the Ribble Valley Borough Council[3].

Amenities

Sabden has two primary schools, St Mary's RC Primary School Sabden and Sabden County Primary School.

The village is in the catchment area of the Clitheroe Royal Grammar School, Ribblesdale School for Technology and Applied Learning and St Augustine's RC High School.

There are two pubs in the village, the Pendle Witch and the White Hart Inn.

Sabden also has two convenience shops, one containing a Post Office. There is a deli called Sandwitches, located on Whalley Road in the middle of the village as well as a hair salon.

References

External links

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