Editing Colne (section)

{{Short description|Market town in Lancashire, England}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country                  = England
|coordinates              = {{coord|53.8554|-2.1756|display=inline,title}}
|population               = 17,855
|population_ref           = ([[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 Census]])<ref name=Census2011>{{NOMIS2011|id=1170215082|title=Colne Parish|access-date=23 February 2018}}</ref>
|official_name            = Colne
|civil_parish             = Colne
|shire_district           = [[Borough of Pendle|Pendle]]
|shire_county             = [[Lancashire]]
|region                   = North West England
|constituency_westminster = [[Pendle and Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency)|Pendle and Clitheroe]]
|post_town                = COLNE
|postcode_district        = BB8
|postcode_area            = BB
|dial_code                = 01282
|website                  = {{url|http://www.cometocolne.com/}}
|os_grid_reference        = SD884399
|london_distance          = 
|static_image_name        = Colne.jpg
|static_image_caption     = Colne, with its [[Colne Town Hall|town hall]] on the horizon
|pushpin_map              = United Kingdom Borough of Pendle
|pushpin_map_caption      = Shown within Pendle Borough
}}

'''Colne''' ({{IPAc-en|k|ɒ|l|n}}<ref>[[Longman Pronunciation Dictionary]] s.v.</ref>) is a market town and [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] in the [[Borough of Pendle]] in [[Lancashire]], England. The town is {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} northeast of [[Nelson, Lancashire|Nelson]], {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} northeast of [[Burnley]] and {{cvt|25|mi|km|0}} east of [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]].

The town should not be confused with the unrelated [[Colne Valley]] around the [[River Colne, West Yorkshire|River Colne]] near [[Huddersfield]] in [[West Yorkshire]].

Colne is close to the southern entrance to the [[Aire Gap#Aire Gap as single point locations|Aire Gap]], the lowest crossing of the Pennine watershed. The [[M65 motorway|M65]] terminates west of the town and from here two main roads take traffic onwards towards the [[Yorkshire]] towns of [[Skipton]] (A56) and [[Keighley]] (A6068). [[Colne railway station]] is the terminus of the East Lancashire railway line.

Colne adjoins the Pendle parishes of [[Foulridge]], [[Laneshaw Bridge]], [[Trawden Forest]], [[Nelson, Lancashire|Nelson]], [[Barrowford]] and [[Blacko]].