Editing Bacup (section)

== Landmarks ==
The town's parish church is dedicated to [[Saint John the Evangelist]]. Aside from just this church, Bacup has many other churches.<ref name=spin>{{citation|url=http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/m_display.php?irn=242&sub=rural&theme=places&crumb=Helmshore%20Mill|publisher=spinningtheweb.org.uk|title=Helmshore Mills|access-date=28 October 2009|author=Manchester City Council|author-link=Manchester City Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718135312/http://www.spinningtheweb.org.uk/m_display.php?irn=242&sub=rural&theme=places&crumb=Helmshore%20Mill|archive-date=18 July 2011|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.rossendale.gov.uk/tourism/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=6&documentID=353 |publisher=Government of the United Kingdom |title=Towns and Villages |author=Rossendale Borough Council |access-date=27 October 2009 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905033422/http://www.rossendale.gov.uk/tourism/site/scripts/documents_info.php?categoryID=6&documentID=353 |archive-date=5 September 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/tourism/townguides/rossendale/724092.Tourist_guide_to_Bacup/?ref=rss|work=[[Lancashire Telegraph]]|publisher=lancashiretelegraph.co.uk|title=Tourist guide to Bacup|date=24 July 2007|access-date=27 October 2009|first=Ron|last=Freethy}} {{dead link|date=January 2013}}</ref> The majority of Bacup's culturally significant architecture is in the [[Victorian architecture|Victorian period]], but there are older buildings of note are Fearns Hall (1696), Forest House (1815) and the 18th-century [[Stubbylee Hall]].<ref name=brief/> The Bacup Natural History Society Museum was formed in 1878.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bacupnaturalhistorysociety.co.uk/index.htm |title=The Bacup Natural History Society & Museum |access-date=15 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190115132528/http://www.bacupnaturalhistorysociety.co.uk/index.htm |archive-date=15 January 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Bacup is home to the {{convert|17|ft|abbr=on}} long [[Elgin Street, Bacup|Elgin Street]] which held the record as the shortest street in the world until November 2006, when it was surpassed by [[Ebenezer Place, Wick|Ebenezer Place]], in the [[Scottish Highlands]].<ref>{{citation | title = Street measures up to new record | work = BBC News | date = 1 November 2006 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6101968.stm |access-date=9 August 2008}}</ref>

Many of the town's historic buildings are set to be renewed in a £2m regeneration scheme.<ref>{{citation | url=http://www.obas.com/blog/housing-and-planning-minister-reviews-2m-bacup-regeneration-scheme/ | title=Housing and Planning Minister Reviews £2m Bacup Regeneration Scheme | publisher=OBAS Group | access-date=3 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123323/http://www.obas.com/blog/housing-and-planning-minister-reviews-2m-bacup-regeneration-scheme/ | archive-date=2 April 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>