Balderstone, Lancashire

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Coordinates: 53°47′06″N 2°33′36″W / 53.785°N 2.560°W

Balderstone
Balderstone Balderstone shown within Lancashire
Population	379
OS grid reference	SD631323
District	Ribble Valley
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BLACKBURN
Postcode district	BB2
Dialling code	01254
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
EU Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Ribble Valley
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Balderstone is a village and civil parish in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England.^[1]

Geography

It is located north-east of Preston and north-west of Blackburn.^[2]

Community

The village has an Anglican church,^[3] a primary school,^[4] and a community centre.^[5] According to the 2001 census it had a population of 379. The parish is the officially recognised address of Samlesbury Aerodrome.

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v t e Borough of Ribble Valley

Towns	Clitheroe Longridge

Villages & suburbs	Balderstone Barrow Bashall Eaves Billington Bolton-by-Bowland Brockhall Village Chatburn Chipping Clayton-le-Dale Dinckley Downham Dunsop Bridge Gisburn Great Mitton Grindleton Horton Hurst Green Langho Low Moor Mellor Brook Mellor Middop Newsholme Newton-in-Bowland Osbaldeston Paythorne Pendleton Read Ribchester Rimington Sabden Salesbury Sawley Simonstone Slaidburn Tosside Twiston Waddington West Bradford Whalley Whitewell Wilpshire Wiswell Worston York

Parishes	Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley Balderstone Bashall Eaves Billington and Langho Bolton-by-Bowland Bowland Forest High Bowland Forest Low Bowland-with-Leagram Chatburn Chipping Clayton-le-Dale Clitheroe Dinckley Downham Dutton Easington Gisburn Gisburn Forest Great Mitton Grindleton Horton Hothersall Little Mitton Longridge Mearley Mellor Middop Newsholme Newton Osbaldeston Paythorne Pendleton Ramsgreave Read Ribchester Rimington Sabden Salesbury Sawley Simonstone Slaidburn Thornley-with-Wheatley Twiston Waddington West Bradford Whalley Wilpshire Wiswell Worston

Transport	Railway stations: Clitheroe Langho Whalley Disused: Chatburn Gisburn Longridge Newsholme Rimington Simonstone

Churches	Balderstone: St Leonard Bolton-by-Bowland: Sts Peter and Paul Chatburn: Christ Church Chipping: St Bartholomew Clitheroe: St Mary Magdalene Great Mitton: All Hallows Grindleton: St Ambrose Langho: Old St Leonard New St Leonard Ribchester: St Wilfrid Slaidburn: St Andrew Stydd: St Saviour Waddington: St Helen Whalley: St Mary and All Saints

Other buildings & structures	Alston Hall Bremetennacum Browsholme Hall Clitheroe Castle Clitheroe Interchange Listed in Chipping Listed in Dutton King's House Kirk Mill Martholme Viaduct Read Hall and Park Samlesbury Aerodrome Sawley Abbey Station Road Ground Stydd Swan Court The Old Zoo Waddow Hall Whalley Abbey

Education	Bowland High Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Moorland School Oakhill College St Augustine's RC High School Stonyhurst College Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall

Sport	Clitheroe F.C. Longridge circuit Station Road Ground

Topography	Centre of Great Britain Forest of Bowland Forest of Pendle Stocks Reservoir Trough of Bowland Hills: Easington Fell Hawthornthwaite Fell Longridge Fell Parlick Pendle Hill White Hill Wolfhole Crag Waterways: Bashall Brook Dinckley Brook R Dunsop R Hodder R Loud Pendleton Brook R Ribble Sabden Brook Skirden Beck Stock Beck Stydd Brook

History	Battle of Clitheroe

Media	Clitheroe Advertiser and Times

Politics	District elections Ribble Valley constituency 1991 by-election Clitheroe constituency 1979 by-election

v t e Ceremonial county of Lancashire

North West England Portal

Unitary authorities	Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool

Boroughs or districts	City of Lancaster City of Preston Burnley Chorley Fylde Hyndburn Pendle Ribble Valley Rossendale South Ribble West Lancashire Wyre

Major settlements	Accrington Adlington Bacup Barnoldswick Blackburn Blackpool Brierfield Burnley Carnforth Chorley Clayton-le-Moors Cleveleys Clitheroe Colne Darwen Earby Fleetwood Garstang Great Harwood Haslingden Kirkham Lancaster Leyland Longridge Lytham St Annes Morecambe Nelson Ormskirk Oswaldtwistle Padiham Penwortham Poulton-le-Fylde Preesall Preston Rawtenstall Rishton Skelmersdale Thornton Wesham Whitworth See also: List of civil parishes in Lancashire

Rivers	Calder Darwen Douglas Hodder Irwell Lune Ribble Wyre

Canals	Lancaster Leeds and Liverpool

Topics	Flag Parliamentary constituencies Places Schools SSSIs Country houses Grade I buildings Grade II* buildings History Museums Lord Lieutenants High Sheriffs

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Balderstone, Lancashire

Geography

Community

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