Belthorn
Village in Lancashire, England
title: "Belthorn" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["villages-in-lancashire", "geography-of-blackburn-with-darwen", "geography-of-hyndburn"] description: "Village in Lancashire, England" topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belthorn" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Village in Lancashire, England ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Belthorn |
| static_image_name | The Pack Horse, Elton Road, Belthorn - geograph.org.uk - 552016.jpg |
| static_image_caption | The Pack Horse public house, Elton Road |
| country | England |
| region | North West England |
| os_grid_reference | SD717246 |
| post_town | BLACKBURN |
| postcode_area | BB |
| postcode_district | BB1, BB2 |
| dial_code | 01254 |
| constituency_westminster | Hyndburn |
| constituency_westminster1 | Rossendale and Darwen |
| constituency_westminster2 | Blackburn |
| civil_parish | Yate and Pickup Bank |
| london_distance | 181 miles SE |
| shire_district | Hyndburn |
| lieutenancy_england | Lancashire |
| unitary_england | Blackburn with Darwen |
| coordinates | |
| pushpin_map | United Kingdom Borough of Hyndburn#United Kingdom Blackburn with Darwen |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Hyndburn##Location in Blackburn with Darwen |
| :: |
| official_name= Belthorn |static_image_name = The Pack Horse, Elton Road, Belthorn - geograph.org.uk - 552016.jpg |static_image_caption = The Pack Horse public house, Elton Road | country= England | region= North West England | os_grid_reference=SD717246 | post_town= BLACKBURN | postcode_area= BB | postcode_district= BB1, BB2 | dial_code= 01254 | constituency_westminster= Hyndburn | constituency_westminster1= Rossendale and Darwen | constituency_westminster2= Blackburn | civil_parish= Yate and Pickup Bank | london_distance = 181 miles SE | shire_district=Hyndburn | lieutenancy_england=Lancashire | unitary_england= Blackburn with Darwen | coordinates = | pushpin_map = United Kingdom Borough of Hyndburn#United Kingdom Blackburn with Darwen | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Hyndburn##Location in Blackburn with Darwen
Belthorn is a small moorland village situated to the south-east of Blackburn in Lancashire, England. It is about 2/3 mile away from junction 5 of the M65 motorway, which runs from Colne to Preston. There is a large playing field with a children's recreational area.
The village has two pubs: the community-owned, recently reopened Dog Inn and the Pack Horse (now named Marco Polo); the Pack Horse is an Italian restaurant and the Dog Inn serves pub food. The houses are mainly old weavers' cottages. Most of the village is in Hyndburn, though some of the houses, including those higher up in the village, are in Blackburn with Darwen.
Education
Belthorn has a primary school, Belthorn Academy.
Governance
The village is divided between the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen and the district of Hyndburn, both of which have borough status. The portion of the village within Blackburn with Darwen is largely within the ancient parish (now a civil parish) of Yate and Pickup Bank, with a small area in the north of the village, formerly in the parish of Lower Darwen.
The part of the village in Hyndburn was formerly part of the township of Oswaldtwistle.
References
References
- (2023-02-08). "Home".
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