Bowland Forest Low

Bowland Forest Low is a civil parish in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England, covering some 5,500 acres (22 km2) of the Forest of Bowland. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 168, falling to 160 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the hamlets of Whitewell and Cow Ark. From northwards clockwise, it borders the civil parishes of Newton, Bashall Eaves, Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley, Bowland-with-Leagram and Bowland Forest High. Before 1974, it formed part of Bowland Rural District in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Bowland Forest Low
Bowland Forest Low
Location in Ribble Valley
Bowland Forest Low
Location in the Forest of Bowland
Bowland Forest Low
Location within Lancashire
Area18.0135 km2 (6.9551 sq mi)
Population160  (2011 Census)
 Density9/km2 (23/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSD675455
Civil parish
  • Bowland Forest Low
District
  • Ribble Valley
Shire county
Region
  • North West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCLITHEROE
Postcode districtBB7
Dialling code01254/01200
PoliceLancashire
FireLancashire
AmbulanceNorth West
UK Parliament
  • Ribble Valley
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