Colne is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. The town is 3 miles northeast of Nelson, 6 miles northeast of Burnley and 25 mi east of Preston. The town should not be confused with the unrelated Colne Valley around the River Colne near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. Colne is close to the southern entrance to the Aire Gap, the lowest crossing of the Pennine watershed.