Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 53.778°N -2.479°W |
Static Image Name: | Wilpshire Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 1101691.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | The Wilpshire Hotel public house |
Population: | 2,582 |
Population Ref: | (2011 Census) |
Official Name: | Wilpshire |
Civil Parish: | Wilpshire[1] |
Shire District: | Ribble Valley |
Shire County: | Lancashire |
Region: | North West England |
Constituency Westminster: | Ribble Valley |
Post Town: | BLACKBURN |
Postcode District: | BB1 |
Postcode Area: | BB |
Dial Code: | 01254 |
Os Grid Reference: | SD685315 |
Pushpin Map: | United Kingdom Borough of Ribble Valley#United Kingdom Blackburn |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Shown within Ribble Valley##Shown with Blackburn |
Label Position: | left |
Wilpshire is a village and civil parish in the county of Lancashire, England. It is north of Blackburn, and forms part of the town's urban area, although it is in the Ribble Valley local government district. In the 2001 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 2,569, increasing to 2,582 at the 2011 Census.
The village is situated on the A666 Whalley Road, between the Brownhill area of Blackburn and the village of Langho. The local railway station is Ramsgreave and Wilpshire, on the Ribble Valley Line with train services to Blackburn, Manchester and Clitheroe.
The only pub in the village is the Wilpshire Hotel, formerly known as The Red House.
Wilpshire Golf Club is a private golf club in the village, was founded in 1890. Originally it was a nine-hole course but extended to an eighteen-hole course in 1907. James Braid was commissioned to redesign the course. Most of the reconstruction took place before 1924. In 1995 the course was altered by a new 17th hole.