| Official Name: | Roughlee Booth |
| Civil Parish: | Roughlee Booth |
| Country: | England |
| Region: | North West England |
| Coordinates: | 53.859°N -2.238°W |
| Postcode Area: | BB |
| Postcode District: | BB9,BB12 |
| Dial Code: | 01282 |
| Hide Services: | Yes |
| Population: | 318 |
| Area Total Km2: | 449.452NaN2 |
| Static Image: | View over Roughlee - geograph.org.uk - 1640547.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | A view over Roughlee |
| Website: | Roughlee Parish Council |
Roughlee Booth is a civil parish located in Pendle, Lancashire. It is approximately 449.43 hectares in size[1] and situated in the Forest of Bowland AONB.[2] It borders on the parishes of Blacko, Barrowford, Old Laund Booth, Goldshaw Booth and Barley-with-Wheatley Booth. It is part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).[3] It contains the village of Roughlee and hamlets of Crow Trees and Thornley Holme. According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, the parish has a population of 318, a decrease from 328 in the 2001 census.[4]
Along with Higham-with-West Close Booth, Goldshaw Booth and Barley-with-Wheatley Booth, the parish forms the Higham with Pendleside ward of Pendle Borough Council.[5]
Roughlee Booth was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming part of the Burnley Rural District from 1894 until 1974. The village of Newchurch in Pendle used to straddle the boundary with Goldshaw Booth, but that part of the parish was transferred in 1935.[6]
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