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Population
  
2,582 (2011 Census)

Civil parish
  
Wilpshire

Country
  
England

Local time
  
Monday 8:03 PM

Postcode district
  
BB1

OS grid reference
  
SD685315

Region
  
North West

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Shire county
  
Lancashire

District
  
Ribble Valley

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Weather
  
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Wilpshire is a village and civil parish in the county of Lancashire, England. It is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of Blackburn, and forms part of the town's urban area, although it is in the Ribble Valley local government district. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 2,569, increasing to 2,582 at the 2011 Census.

Contents

Map of Wilpshire, Blackburn, UK

The village is situated on the A666 Whalley Road, between the Brownhill area of Blackburn and the village of Langho. The local railway station is Ramsgreave and Wilpshire, on the Ribble Valley Line with train services to Blackburn, Manchester and Clitheroe.

The only pub in the village is the Wilpshire Hotel, formerly known as The Red House.

Wilpshire Golf Club is a private golf club in the village, was founded in 1890. Originally it was a nine-hole course but extended to an eighteen-hole course in 1907. James Braid was commissioned to redesign the course. Most of the reconstruction took place before 1924. In 1995 the course was altered by a new 17th hole.

References

Wilpshire Wikipedia