Chipping, Lancashire

Chipping
St Bartholomew's Church
Chipping Location in Ribble Valley Borough Show map of the Borough of Ribble Valley Chipping Location in the Forest of Bowland Show map of the Forest of Bowland Chipping Location within Lancashire Show map of Lancashire
Population	1,043 (2011 census) [1]
OS grid reference	SD623434
Civil parish	Chipping Bowland-with-Leagram
District	Ribble Valley
Shire county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PRESTON
Postcode district	PR3
Dialling code	01995
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
UK Parliament	Ribble Valley
List of places UK England Lancashire 53°53′06″N 2°34′23″W / 53.885°N 2.573°W / 53.885; -2.573

Chipping is a village and civil parish in the borough of Ribble Valley, Lancashire, England, within the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Its grid reference is SD6243, and the nearest substantial settlement is Longridge, nearly 4 mi (6.4 km) to the south. In the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,046,^[2] falling slightly to 1,043 at the 2011 census.^[1] The village has won several best-kept village competitions over the years.^{[citation needed]} The village also won the village section of the Royal Horticultural Society Britain in Bloom competition in 2009, picking up RHS Tourism and Gold achievement awards in the process.