became the main A59 road, until the Clitheroe bypass & Downham road cutting was opened in about 1971. Parts of the village and surroundings featured in the 1961 film Whistle Down the Wind starring Hayley Mills, Alan Barnes, Diane Holgate and children from Chatburn Primary School. Governance Chatburn was once a township in the ancient parish of Whalley. This became a civil parish in 1866, forming part of the Clitheroe Rural District from 1894 till 1974. Chatburn also gives its name to a ward of Ribble Valley Borough Council, which also includes Downham and Twiston. The ward had a population of 1,324 in 2001, falling to 1,316 in 2011. The ward elects a single councillor, who currently is Gary Scott of the Conservative Party. Media gallery See also Listed buildings in Chatburn Chatburn (surname) References External links Chatburn Village e-Chatburn Chatburn conservation areas Apprasial Chatburn search results at Historic England's Pastscape site pp372-73 of The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster Vol 6 Villages in Lancashire Civil parishes in Lancashire Geography of Ribble Valley Wards of Lancashire Politics of Ribble Valley