[1] The parish contains part of the Pike Hill and Brownside suburbs of Burnley, the village of Worsthorne although this finishes at the sunshine houses and the hamlet of Hurstwood and the rural area east of the town.

[7] After the Norman conquest of England, the area may have been part of Briercliffe township, and the lords of Clitheroe appear to have divided Worsthorne among a number of free tenants.

[8] During World War II a Starfish site bombing decoy was constructed off Gorple Road to the east of Worsthorne, part of a network designed to protect Accrington.

[10] Hurstwood and Cant Clough reservoirs are in the south-east of the parish, both are passed by the Mary Towneley Loop section of the Pennine Bridleway National Trail and the Burnley Way footpath.

[14] The ward elects three councillors, currently Beki Hughes and Jack Launer of the Green Party and Ivor Emo (Conservative).

[16] The Member of Parliament for Burnley, the constituency into which the parish falls, is Oliver Ryan of the Labour Party, who was first elected in 2024.

[1][17] The developed parts of the parish were included in the Burnley Built-up area, defined in the 2011 census which had a population of 149,422.