Belthorn

Infobox UK place
official_name= Belthorn
country= England
region= North West England
os_grid_reference=SD717246
post_town= BLACKBURN
postcode_area= BB
postcode_district= BB1 2
dial_code= 01254
constituency_westminster= Hyndburn
constituency_westminster1= Rossendale and Darwen
constituency_westminster2= Blackburn
civil_parish= Yate and Pickup Bank
shire_district=Hyndburn
lieutenancy_england=Lancashire
unitary_england= Blackburn with Darwen
latitude= 53.718857
longitude= -2.43124

Belthorn is a small moorland village situated to the south-east of Blackburn in Lancashire, England. It is about half a kilometre away from junction 5 of the M65 motorway, which runs from Colne to Preston.

Belthorn has an excellent primary school and a large playing field with a children's recreational area with swings etc.

The village has two pubs: the "Dog Inn" and the "Pack Horse"; the "Pack Horse" is an Italian restaurant and the "Dog Inn" serves pub food.

The houses are mainly old weavers' cottages. Most of the village is in Hyndburn, though some of the houses, including those higher up in the village, are in Blackburn with Darwen.

Governance

The village is divided between the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen and the district of Hyndburn, both of which have borough status. The portion of the village within Blackburn with Darwen is largely within the ancient parish (now a civil parish) of Yate and Pickup Bank, with a small area in the north of the village formerly in the parish of Lower Darwen. The part of the village in Hyndburn was formerly part of the township of Oswaldtwistle.