Consumer Alerts - June 2025

Beware scam jet washing services The Service has received reports of cold callers knocking on doors Over Wyre and in the Goosnargh area, offering to clean gutters, clean the moss off roofs and jet wash driveways.  In one incident the householder...

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Whitworth Community Carol Service - Monday 8th December

Whitworth’s Annual Christmas Carol Service at The Ashcroft Whitworth’s Carol Service will take place at The Ashcroft (formally The Riverside) on Monday 8th December 2024 from 7pm.  Doors open at 6.30 pm. This free event is a great...

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New Year's Day Duck Race - Thursday 1st January 2026

Whitworth’s New Year’s Day Duck Race has become an egg-citing success and a popular event in the Whitworth calendar.  The ducks take to the water at the overflow of Cowm Reservoir on Tong Lane on New Year's Day.   Th...

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Remembrance Sunday Commemorations - Sunday 9th November

Whitworth residents’ young and old will gather to remember those lost and injured during times of conflict.  Whitworth's Remembrance Sunday commemorations will take place at Whitworth’s cenotaph on Sunday 9th November, honou...

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Whitworth Rushcart - Sunday 7th September

Whitworth is one of only four Rushcart celebrations still taking place regularly in the UK, all of them within close proximity: the others are held in Sowerby Bridge, Littleborough and Saddleworth.  Whitworth, however, is the only one to use hea...

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Proms in the Park - Sunday 6th July 2025 at 2pm

Taking place in Whitworth Memorial Gardens featuring Whitworth Vale & Healey Brass band - both senior and junior bands! Free entry, donations to the Mayor of Whitworth's Charity Fund welcome on the day. Bring a picnic and meet the Mayor...

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