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Rishton

town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England
Place town Q2300574
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Rishton

Summary

Rishton is a town[1]. Rishton ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rishton is located in Hyndburn[3].
  • Rishton is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Rishton's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Rishton's instance of is recorded as unparished area[6].
  • Rishton's postal code is recorded as BB1[7].
  • Rishton's Commons category is recorded as Rishton[8].
  • Rishton's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[9].
  • Rishton's local dialing code is recorded as 01254[10].
  • Rishton's OS grid reference is recorded as SD725305[11].
  • Rishton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.770111111111, 'lon': -2.4187027777778}[12].
  • Rishton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rishton[13].
  • Rishton has a population of {'amount': '+6625'}[14].
  • Rishton's historic county is recorded as Lancashire[15].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Rishton has a population of {'amount': '+6625'}[14].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Rishton ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (170 views/month).[2] Rishton has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Hyndburn
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 53.770111111111, 'lon': -2.4187027777778}
    Population → {'amount': '+6625'}
    Located in → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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