Rossendale

Rossendale ( /ˈrɒzəndeɪl/) is a district with borough status in Lancashire, England holding a number of small former mill towns centred around the valley of the River Irwell in the industrial North West. Rossendale combines modest size urban development with rural villages and is immediately north of the more populated areas of Bolton, Burnley, Bury, Manchester and Rochdale, centred 15 miles (24 km) north of Manchester.