Yate and Pickup Bank is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

in the borough of

Blackburn with Darwen Blackburn with Darwen is a borough and unitary authority area in Lancashire, North West England. It consists of the industrial town of Blackburn and the market town of Darwen including other villages around the two towns. Formation It was f ...

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, England. The population of the civil parish taken at the census of 2011 was 366. The parish contains two hamlets,

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and Pickup Bank and part of the village of Belthorn which is on the boundary with

Hyndburn Hyndburn is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Accrington and covers the outlying towns of Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, Oswaldtwistle and Rishton. The borough was created in 19 ...

. It has boundaries with the parishes of Eccleshill to the west and

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to the south. To the east is the area of

Oswaldtwistle Oswaldtwistle ( "ozzel twizzel") is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England, southeast of Blackburn, contiguous with Accrington and Church. The town has a rich industrial heritage, being home to James Hargreaves, inventor of th ...

of the borough of

and the area of Haslingden Grane of the borough of

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(both of these districts are now unparished). The parish adjoins unparished parts of

in two places: one is near

Hoddlesden Hoddlesden is a village in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen, in Lancashire, England. The village population at the 2011 census was 1,239. It is in the borough's East Rural ward, and is situated east of Darwen. To the north there are the pa ...

in the south west; the other, in the north is now along the

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after the parish was extended in April 1997. As a result of the boundary changes, part of the village of

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is now within the parish.

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Yate and Pickup Bank Parish Council
Civil parishes in Lancashire Geography of Blackburn with Darwen {{Lancashire-geo-stub

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