East Lancashire Explained

East Lancashire (East Lancs) refers to the eastern part of Lancashire, a ceremonial county in North West England. It can also refer to:

Health

• East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
• East Lancashire Primary Care Trust

Military

• East Lancashire Regiment, a British Army infantry regiment from 1881 to 1958
• East Lancashire Royal Engineers, a British Army unit raised in 1901
• 42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division, formerly called the East Lancashire Division
• 42nd (East Lancashire) Signal Regiment, a British Army Territorial unit raised in 1908
• 66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division, a British Army Territorial unit raised in 1914
• 126th (East Lancashire) Brigade, a British Army unit raised in 1908

Sports

• East Lancashire Cricket Club, a cricket club in the Lancashire League
• East Lancashire derby, a football match between Blackburn Rovers F.C. and Burnley F.C.
• East Lancashire Lions, a rugby league club from Darwen

Transport

• East Lancashire Coachbuilders, a Blackburn-based manufacturer of bus bodywork
• East Lancashire line, a railway line between Preston and Colne
• East Lancashire Railway, a heritage railway line between Bury and Rawtenstall
• East Lancashire Railway 1844–1859, a 19th-century railway company
• A580, a major road colloquially known as the East Lancashire Road