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Accrington, in the County of Lancashire, is a small former mill town in the industrial north-west of England. Accrington's name is thought to be a corruption of 'acorn-ring-town', although the old oak woods that once encircled the town have long-since gone, victims of the Industrial Revolution. Since the redrawing of the political boundaries in 1974, the town has formed part of the Borough of Hyndburn — a merging of Accrington together with the smaller 'satellite' towns of Oswaldtwistle, Church, Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood and Rishton, into one political 'seat'.

The 2001 census gave the population of Accrington town proper as 35,203. For comparison purposes that is approximately the same size as Aylesbury, Carlisle, Guildford or Scunthorpe urban areas.

Accrington is linked to Burnley and Blackburn by railway and by the M65 motorway. The trackbed is now mostly covered by the A56 dual carriageway road, which provides a link to the M66 motorway.

There is a sizeable shopping area and precinct in Accrington, with a selection of major chain stores.

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