Brownhill
Brownhill is a suburb of Blackburn, in the unitary borough of Blackburn with Darwen, in Lancashire, England. It is situated to the north-east of the town centre, in the Roe Lee ward which has an estimated population of 5,948.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Gabriel’s Church and Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station.
St Gabriel’s Church
Church
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St Gabriel's is an active English Anglican church in Blackburn, Lancashire. Designed by F. X. Velarde, St Gabriel's is regarded as a milestone in the development of Modern English ecclesiastical architecture.
Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station
Railway station
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Ramsgreave and Wilpshire is a railway station on the Ribble Valley Line that serves the villages/suburbs of Ramsgreave and Wilpshire. The station is 2+3⁄4 miles north of Blackburn railway station.
Pleckgate High School
School
Pleckgate High School is a mixed, Ofsted rated Outstanding secondary school located in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Previously a community school and Mathematics and Computing College administered by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, in February 2016 Pleckgate High School converted to academy status.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blackburn and York.
Blackburn
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blackburn is a large town in Lancashire in North West England. The town has some attractive public buildings and parks, but it is mostly known for its contribution to the cotton weaving industry and for its successful premiership football team, Blackburn Rovers.
York
Hamlet
Photo: Colin Pyle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
York is a hamlet in the Ribble Valley district of the county of Lancashire, England. Part of the Billington and Langho civil parish, it is located southeast of the village of Langho on the old turnpike road between Whalley and Blackburn. York is situated 2 miles northeast of Brownhill.
Rishton
Town
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Rishton is a town in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England, about 2 miles west of Clayton-le-Moors and 4 miles north east of Blackburn. It was an urban district from about 1894 to 1974. The population at the census of 2011 was 6,625. Rishton is situated 2½ miles east of Brownhill.
Brownhill
- Type: Suburb with 5,950 residents
- Description: suburb of Blackburn, Lancashire, England
- Category: locality
- Location: Blackburn with Darwen, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.77544° or 53° 46′ 32″ northLongitude
-2.47841° or 2° 28′ 42″ westPopulation
5,950Elevation
502 feet (153 metres)Open location code
9C5VQGGC+5JOpenStreetMap ID
node 29020272OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
13272107Wikidata ID
Q4976515
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In Other Languages
From German to Persian—“Brownhill” goes by many names.
- German: “Brownhill”
- Persian: “براونهیل”
- Persian: “برونهیل”
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