Padiham is a small town and
civil parish on the
River Calder, about west of
Burnley and south of
Pendle Hill, in
Lancashire, England. It is part of the
Borough of Burnley, but has its own town council with varied powers. Padiham was originally a rural village lying by the River Calder. It is still surrounded by attractive countryside on an arc running from the north-west to the north-east in the foothills of Pendle Hill.