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Blackburn with Darwen

Blackburn with Darwen is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of , . The borough includes the towns of and plus a wider rural area which includes the villages of , , and .
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  • Type: borough in the United Kingdom with 147,000 residents
  • Description: unitary authority area in Lancashire, North West England
  • Also known as: “Blackburn and Darwen” and “Borough of Blackburn with Darwen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Turton and Entwistle Reservoir and St Barnabas’ Church, Darwen.

Reservoir
Photo: Liz Dawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a water reservoir in the village of , , England. The reservoir's existence is due to the Entwistle Dam.

Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Barnabas' Church is on Watery Lane, , , England. It is an active Anglican in the deanery of Blackburn with Darwen, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.

Railway station
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves , a town in , England. It was opened in 1847 by the Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe & West Yorkshire Railway, which was subsequently taken over by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway twelve years later. is situated 2 miles north of Blackburn with Darwen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Darwen and Hoddlesden.

Town
is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with borough in , England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners".

Village
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is a village in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen, in , England. The village population at the 2011 census was 1,239. It is in the borough's East Rural ward, and is situated east of . is situated 2½ miles northeast of Blackburn with Darwen.

Village
Photo: Gary Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of , in the unitary authority area of Blackburn with Darwen, in the ceremonial county of , England. It is close to and has around 500 inhabitants. is situated 2 miles southwest of Blackburn with Darwen.

Blackburn with Darwen

Latitude
53.6667° or 53° 40′ north
Longitude
-2.4667° or 2° 28′ west
Population
147,000
Elevation
1,079 feet (329 metres)
Abbreviation
“BBD”
Open location code
9C5VMG8M+M8
Geo­Names ID
3333126
Wiki­data ID
Q880782
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Yue Chinese—“Blackburn with Darwen” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “ব্ল্যাকবার্ন-ও-ডারওয়েন”
  • Cebuano: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • Chinese: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • Chinese: “布力般-達溫”
  • Chinese: “布莱克本-达文”
  • Chinese: “布莱克本-達文”
  • Chinese: “布萊克本-達文”
  • Dutch: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • Esperanto: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • Estonian: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • French: “Blackburn avec Darwen”
  • French: “Blackburn et Darwen”
  • French: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • German: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • Gujarati: “બ્લેકબર્ન વિથ ડાર્વેન”
  • Italian: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • Japanese: “ブラックバーン・ウィズ・ダーウェン”
  • Kannada: “ಡಾರ್ವೆನ್ನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಬ್ಲ್ಯಾಕ್ಬರ್ನ್”
  • Korean: “블랙번위드다언”
  • Latvian: “Blekbērna ar Darvenu”
  • Luxembourgish: “Blackburn an Darwen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Blackburn kap Darwen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • Northern Frisian: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • Norwegian: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • Polish: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • Portuguese: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • Romanian: “Blackburn with darwen”
  • Romanian: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • Russian: “Блэкберн-уит-Даруэн”
  • Slovak: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • Spanish: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • Swedish: “Blackburn with Darwen”
  • Tamil: “ப்ளாக்கபூரின் வித் டாரவென்”
  • Telugu: “బ్లాక్ బర్న్ విత్ డార్విన్”
  • Turkish: “Blackburn ile Darwen”
  • Ukrainian: “Блекберн і Дарвен”
  • Urdu: “بلیکبرن مع ڈاروین”
  • Welsh: “Bwrdeistref Blackburn gyda Darwen”
  • Yue Chinese: “布力般-達溫”
  • “Blackburn with Darwen”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Cartridge Hill and Turton Heights.

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