Cloughfold

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{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|53.701|-2.268|display=inline,title}}

| static_image_name = Bacup Road, Cloughfold - geograph.org.uk - 1079008.jpg

| static_image_caption = Bacup Road

| official_name = Cloughfold

| shire_district = Rossendale

| shire_county = Lancashire

| region = North West England

| constituency_westminster = Rossendale and Darwen

| post_town = ROSSENDALE

| postcode_district = BB4

| postcode_area = BB

| dial_code = 01706

| os_grid_reference = SD823227

| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Borough of Rossendale

| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Rossendale

}}

Cloughfold is a small hamlet in between the towns of Rawtenstall and Waterfoot in Rossendale, Lancashire, England.

Clough Fold railway station on the Rawtenstall to Bacup Line opened in 1871 and closed when the line closed in 1966.

Notable people

  • Caleb Ashworth (1722–1775) an English dissenting tutor.
  • Agyness Deyn (born 1983), model and actress{{Cite web|url=https://www.rossendalefreepress.co.uk/news/local-news/agyness-is-britains-top-model-1709466|title=Agyness is Britain's top model|work=Rossendale Free Press|date=29 November 2007|accessdate=13 September 2024}}
  • Sir David James Shackleton (1863–1938) a cotton worker and trade unionist who became the third Labour Member of Parliament in 1902

References

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Category:Hamlets in Lancashire

Category:Geography of the Borough of Rossendale

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