Accrington Lancashire is a former centre of the cotton and textile industries in England united Kingdom

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Welcome to Accrington is a previously well-known for cotton and textile industries in Lancashire county of North West England. Accrington is also known for manufacturing of hard and solid bricks.  The total estimated population of Accrington is 35,203. Accrington has the borough of Hyndburn Council. Town postcode start with BB5 and national telephone code is 01254.

Sort History of Accrington:  According to Wikipedia, there is pair of origins for the name of Accrington. Both have the same opinion that "ton" means "a town or enclosure of", from Anglo-Saxon; however one derivation states that ring means "the people of" and "accr" is a distortion of a family called alker. Nevertheless there is small confirmation of this as it would have been the head or landlord in the area. Accrington was the main one of the hub of textile and cotton industry for numerous of decades.

Nearest Famous Places of Accrington:

• Accrington
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Nearest Town of Accrington:

• Blackburn
  Blackburn is about 6.2 miles from Accrington.
• Darwen
  Darwen is about 6.5 miles from Accrington.
• Burnley
  Burnley is about 6.8 miles from Accrington.
• Nelson
  Nelson is about 10 miles from Accrington.
• Clitheroe
  Clitheroe is about 9.1 miles from Accrington.
• Bacup
  Bacup is about 12.8 miles from Accrington.

Transport Accessible at Accrington:

• Bus Station
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• Train Station
  Paxton Street, Accrington, Lancashire a, BB5 1QQ.