Belmont, Lancashire
| Belmont | |
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 St Peter's church, Belmont |
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| Belmont shown within Lancashire | |
| OS grid reference | SD673161 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BOLTON |
| Postcode district | BL7 |
| Dialling code | 01204 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
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Belmont is a village in Lancashire, England. It is close to Darwen. It has around 500 inhabitants and lies within the civil parish of North Turton in the unitary authority area of Blackburn with Darwen.
Before 1804 Belmont was known as Hordern and was part of the upper part of the township of Sharples in the parish of Bolton le Moors. The township contained cotton-mills, a large dye works owned by Thomas Rycroft that had a landmark chimney (which has been demolished), and a printworks; there was a paper works at Spring Side in Folds.
Following a factory fire several years ago a housing estate was developed with houses designed to look traditional.
The parish church of St Peter was built at the end of 1849 and consecrated on 1 April 1850. It was built in a neo-gothic style from local stone on the site of an ancient farm.
Belmont is in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen.
Tockholes is part of the Rossendale and Darwen constituency. Jake Berry has been the Member of Parliament for Rossendale and Darwen since 2010.
Belmont is a linear settlement in moorland in the West Pennine Moors, built along the old Bolton to Preston road, the A675. It lies about 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Bolton in a valley between Anglezarke Moor and Turton Moor. There is a minor road to Rivington to the west.
The Winter Hill transmitting station stands on Winter Hill about a third of a mile (0.5 km) southwest of the village.
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