 The town is also served by 4 councillors on Rossendale Borough Council, 2 for Facit & Shawforth, and 2 for Healey & Whitworth.Situated between the towns of Bacup to the north and Rochdale to the south, the town is a built around the Whitworth Valley in the Pennines.In April 1976, an area in and surrounding Healey Dell, at the south end of the valley became legally designated as a statutory local nature reserve.