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Helmshore
Village in Lancashire, England

Helmshore

Helmshore is a village in the Rossendale Valley, Lancashire, England, south of Haslingden between the A56 and the B6235, 16 miles (26 km) north of Manchester.

The population at the 2011 census was 5,805. The housing in Helmshore is mixed, with some two-up, two-down terraces, top-and-bottom houses and a few surviving back-to-back cottages. Between the 1970s and 2020 new housing estates have proliferated.

How locals move

Getting around Helmshore the local way

  • Go nextManchester is an unmissable lively city, an easy day trip from Bolton.

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