| Static Image Name: | Green fields east of Trawden - geograph.org.uk - 1733107.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Trawden countryside |
| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Trawden Forest |
| Coordinates: | 53.843°N -2.137°W |
| Population: | 2,765 |
| Population Ref: | (2011) |
| Civil Parish: | Trawden Forest |
| Shire District: | Pendle |
| Shire County: | Lancashire |
| Region: | North West England |
| Constituency Westminster: | Pendle |
| Post Town: | Colne |
| Postcode District: | BB8 |
| Postcode Area: | BB |
| Dial Code: | 01282 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SD9139 |
| Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Borough of Pendle |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Pendle Borough |
Trawden Forest is a civil parish in the Pendle district of Lancashire, England. It has a population of 2,765, and contains the village of Trawden (formerly called Beardshaw) and the hamlets of Cottontree, Winewall and Wycoller. Boulsworth Hill is a well known local landmark situated within the parish. It takes its name from a medieval royal forest or "chase" which was in the same area.
Trawden was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming an urban district from 1894.[1]
The parish adjoins the Pendle parishes of Nelson, Colne and Laneshaw Bridge, the Burnley parish of Briercliffe and West Yorkshire.
According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, the parish has a population of 2,765, an increase from 2,580 in the 2001 census.[2]
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