Sough, Lancashire

Sough is a hamlet, in the parish of Kelbrook and Sough, in Lancashire, England. Sough is located east of the main A56 road between Earby and Kelbrook; it is in the area known as West Craven in the district of Pendle. This area used to be part of Earby Urban District in the West Riding of Yorkshire until boundary changes in 1974. In 2024 it was reported that the BB18 postcode, covering Barnoldswick, Earby, Kelbrook, Salterforth, and Sough was the area least affected by burglary in East Lancashire, with a rate of just 2.72.

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A58 road

The A58 is a major road in Northern England running between Prescot, Merseyside and Wetherby, West Yorkshire.

Kelbrook

Kelbrook is a village in the civil parish of Kelbrook and Sough, Borough of Pendle, in Lancashire, England. It lies on the A56 road between Colne and Earby. Historically a part of the now divided old parish of Thornton-in-Craven in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Kelbrook was administered as part of Skipton Rural District, until boundary changes in 1974. Kelbrook lies in West Craven, so keeping cultural links with Yorkshire and Craven. Kelbrook School is in the centre of the village. The tallest building in the village is the village church, St Mary's. Other local towns and villages are Barnoldswick (2 miles/3.2 km northwest), Earby (1 mile/1.6 km north), Salterforth (1 mile/1.6 km northwest), Thornton in Craven (2 miles/3.2 km north), Foulridge (2 miles/3.2 km south) and Colne (3.5 miles/5.6 km south). Elisabeth Beresford, the creator of the Wombles, wrote much of the second Wombles book, The Wandering Wombles, whilst staying in a cottage on Dotcliffe Road in 1970. The Kelbrook and Sough Wombles, a local litter-picking group, is named in tribute to this connection. Edward Woodward lived in Kelbrook for six weeks in 1973 whilst preparing for his role in The Wicker Man. The residents of Kelbrook are affectionately called Kelbricks. During a wedding it is tradition for young residents of the village to lock the church gates and demand money from the bride and groom. A more recent custom is to make scarecrows of literary characters from children's books and to race ducks on Kelbrook Beck.

Kelbrook and Sough

Kelbrook and Sough is a civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It has a population of 1,008, and contains the village of Kelbrook and neighbouring hamlet of Sough. The parish adjoins the Pendle parishes of Laneshaw Bridge, Foulridge, Salterforth and Earby and West Yorkshire. Prior to 1974 the area was part of the West Riding of Yorkshire. According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, the parish has a population of 1,008, a decrease from 1,026 in the 2001 census. The civil parish was created in 1992, from part of the unparished area that before 1974 had been the urban district of Earby. On May 4, 2023, Kelbrook and Sough Parish Council held their first ever election. Voted on to the Parish Council were: Sharon Ashley, Christine Elley, Darren Galway, Val Kimberly, Debbie Richardson, Gary Slinger, Garry Wilson.

Earby railway station

Earby was a junction railway station that served the town of Earby, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England; since 1974, the town lies within the boundaries of the administrative county of Lancashire.