The Rossendale Valley is part of the Forest of Rossendale, an upland area of North West England, principally in Lancashire. Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea Most of the area is within the Borough of Rossendale. Rossendale is a local government district with Borough status It consists of the steep-sided valleys of the River Irwell and its tributaries, which flow from the Pennines southwards to Manchester and cut through the open unwooded moorland, which is characteristic of the area, despite the ancient designation of "forest". The River Irwell is a River flowing through the Irwell Valley in the counties of Lancashire and Greater Manchester A tributary is a Stream or River which flows into a mainstem (or parent river Moorland or moor is a type of habitat found in upland areas characterised by low growing vegetation on Acidic soils
The Forest contains two Marilyns; Hail Storm Hill and Freeholds Top, as well as the summit of Great Hameldon. A Marilyn is a type of Mountain or Hill in Great Britain, Ireland or surrounding islands with a relative height of at least 150 metres Hail Storm Hill, also known as Cowpe Moss, is the highest point of the Forest of Rossendale, an area of Moorland and Hill country situated Geographically, it is sandwiched between the West Pennine Moors to the west and the South Pennines to the east. The West Pennine Moors is an area of approximately 90 square miles of moorland and reservoir scenery located in Lancashire, between the towns of Chorley The South Pennines are a region of Moorland and hill country in the North of England.
The valley bottoms are characterised by four main settlements, each with a number of villages and hamlets around them. These settlements are Bacup, Haslingden, Ramsbottom and Rawtenstall. Bacup is a town within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England. Haslingden is a small town in the Rossendale Valley in Lancashire, lying 19 miles (30 km north of Manchester. Ramsbottom is a small town on the border of Lancashire and Greater Manchester, England. Rawtenstall (pronounced "Rottenstall" ˈrɒtənˌstɔːl or ˈrɒʔnˌstɔːl is a town at the centre of the Rossendale Valley, in Lancashire, Most of the development in the area has been built since the time of the Industrial Revolution although the sites of some buildings date from agricultural uses and the activities of landowners in earlier times, in some cases as far back as the 13th century. The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture manufacturing and transportation had a profound effect on the
Most Rossendalians consider themselves to live in 'The Valley' and this is still locally a commonly used term to describe the district.
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