Lancashire (North)
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Current season or competition:: 2016–17 Lancashire (North)
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| Sport | Rugby union |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Country |
 England
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| Holders |
Tarleton (2nd title) (2016–17) (promoted to North Lancashire/Cumbria) |
| Most titles | De La Salle (Salford) (5 titles) |
| Website | England RFU |
Lancashire (North), formerly known as North Lancashire 1 is a regional (tier 8) English Rugby Union league for teams from the South Lancashire and Manchester area. The league champions are typically promoted to North Lancashire/Cumbria while the runners up have a playoff against the runners up from the Cumbria League for the final promotion spot.
The current version known as Lancashire (North) was set up for the 2015-16 season when the RFU decided to break up the South Lancs/Cheshire league into 3 different zones also included Merseyside (West) and Cheshire (South). The format was not a success and South Lancs/Cheshire was resurrected for the 2016-17 with only Lancashire (North) remaining albeit with 12 teams instead of 14. When it was known as Lancashire Division 1 teams were relegated to North Lancashire 2 but at present it is the basement league in Lancashire and there is no relegation.
Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of the Cumbria League and Lancashire (North) for the third and final promotion place to North Lancashire/Cumbria. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2016–17 season the Lancashire (North) teams have been the most successful with eleven wins to the Cumbria League teams four; and the home team has won promotion on twelve occasions compared to the away teams three.
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