Padiham is a small town (population of 8,998 according to the 2001 census), on the River Calder amid the hills of north-east Lancashire, England, situated approximately three miles to the west of Burnley and south of Pendle Hill. It is part of the Borough of Burnley. Padiham was an urban district until 1974 http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit_page.jsp?u_id=10106710, and a civil parish again since 2002.