15 Facts About Clitheroe

Clitheroe is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, 34 miles northwest of Manchester.

In 2018, Clitheroe Built Up Area had an estimated population of 16,279.

Town's most notable building is Clitheroe Castle, said to be one of the smallest Norman keeps in Britain.

Name Clitheroe is thought to come from the Anglo-Saxon for "Rocky Hill", and was spelled Clyderhow and Cletherwoode, amongst others.

Since 1991, the town of Clitheroe has elected at least 8 out of the 10 Liberal Democrat borough councillors on Ribble Valley Borough Council, while Clitheroe Town Council has been Liberal Democrat-controlled for that period too.

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Clitheroe was one of earliest seats to elect a Labour MP, when David Shackleton won the 1902 Clitheroe by-election for the Labour Representation Committee.

Clitheroe was the first Labour MP to win a by-election, and the third ever elected.

Clitheroe was returned unopposed, but easily won the subsequent 1906 general election, at which he was challenged by an Independent Conservative.

Clitheroe has three jewellers, with Nettletons Jewellers being on the high street.

Clitheroe has five supermarkets: Booths, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Lidl, and Aldi.

Clitheroe had a population of 14,765 and is made up of 5 wards.

Clitheroe Castle is argued to be the smallest Norman keep in the whole of England.

Clitheroe is well connected in terms of public transport links via Clitheroe Interchange.

In June 2016, Clitheroe-raised mixed martial artist, Michael Bisping, won the UFC Middleweight Championship, by defeating Luke Rockhold by way of knockout in the first round of the fight.

Clitheroe has a health centre, accommodating the Pendleside Medical Practice and the Castle Medical Group.