Accrington

Summary

Accrington is a town^[1]. Accrington ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Accrington is located in Hyndburn^[3].
• Accrington is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Accrington's instance of is recorded as town^[5].
• Accrington's instance of is recorded as unparished area^[6].
• Accrington's postal code is recorded as BB5^[7].
• Accrington's Commons category is recorded as Accrington^[8].
• Accrington's local dialing code is recorded as 01254^[9].
• Accrington's OS grid reference is recorded as SD761286^[10].
• Accrington's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.75337, 'lon': -2.36384}^[11].
• Accrington's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Accrington^[12].
• Accrington has a population of {'amount': '+35456'}^[13].
• Accrington's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[14].
• Accrington's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[15].
• Accrington's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[16].
• Accrington's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[17].
• Accrington's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• Accrington's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• Accrington's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[20].
• Accrington's capital of is recorded as Hyndburn^[21].
• Accrington's category for people born here is recorded as Q8042769^[22].
• Accrington's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Accrington^[23].
• Accrington's historic county is recorded as Lancashire^[24].

Body

Geography

Accrington is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. Accrington is located in Hyndburn^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Accrington has a population of {'amount': '+35456'}^[13].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[5] and unparished area^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Accrington include Accrington F.C.^[25], an association football club^[26], in United Kingdom^[27], founded in 1876^[28].

Why It Matters

Accrington ranks in the top 3% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15 views/month).^[2] Accrington has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] Accrington is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]

Entities named for Accrington include Accrington F.C.^[25], an association football club^[26], in United Kingdom^[27], founded in 1876^[28].