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Blackburn

Blackburn is a large town in in . 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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Ewood Park and Blackburn Cathedral.

Stadium
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is a football stadium in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, and the home of Blackburn Rovers, founding members of the Football League and Premier League, who have played there since 1890.

Church
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, officially known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin with Saint Paul, is an Anglican cathedral situated in the heart of Blackburn town centre, in , England.

Railway station
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serves the town of Blackburn, in , . It is 12 miles east of ; it is managed and served by Northern Trains.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brownhill and Lower Darwen.

Suburb
is a suburb of Blackburn, in the unitary borough of , in , 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.

Village
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is a village in the unitary borough of , contiguous with the town of , in the ceremonial county of , England.

Village
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is a village on the edge of Blackburn, in , England. It is located south of the town centre, and the M65 Motorway passes around the south and east of the village, with Junction 5 situated immediately to the southwest of the village. is situated 2 miles southeast of Blackburn.

Blackburn

Latitude
53.7493° or 53° 44′ 58″ north
Longitude
-2.4841° or 2° 29′ 3″ west
Population
105,000
Elevation
397 feet (121 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB BLB
Open location code
9C5VPGX8+P9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 21664801
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2655524
Wiki­data ID
Q188313
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Blackburn” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Blackburn”
  • Arabic: “بلاكبرن”
  • Aragonese: “Blackburn”
  • Armenian: “Բլաքբըրն”
  • Armenian: “Բլեկբերն”
  • Asturian: “Blackburn”
  • Azerbaijani: “Blakbörn”
  • Azerbaijani: “Blekbörn”
  • Basque: “Blackburn”
  • Belarusian: “Блэкберн”
  • Belarusian: “Блэкбэрн”
  • Bengali: “ব্ল্যাকবার্ন”
  • Bulgarian: “Блакбърн”
  • Bulgarian: “Блекбърн”
  • Bulgarian: “Блякбърн”
  • Catalan: “Blackburn”
  • Cebuano: “Blackburn”
  • Chinese: “布力般”
  • Chinese: “布拉克本”
  • Chinese: “布莱克本”
  • Chinese: “布莱克本市”
  • Chinese: “布萊克本”
  • Czech: “Blackburn”
  • Danish: “Blackburn”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Blackburn”
  • Dutch: “Blackburn”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بلاكبرن”
  • Esperanto: “Blackburn”
  • Estonian: “Blackburn”
  • Finnish: “Blackburn”
  • French: “Blackburn”
  • Galician: “Blackburn”
  • Georgian: “ბლეკბერნი”
  • Georgian: “ბლექბერნი”
  • German: “Blackburn”
  • Greek: “Μπλάκμπερν”
  • Gujarati: “બ્લેકબર્ન”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Blackburn”
  • Hebrew: “בלקבורן”
  • Hebrew: “בלקברן”
  • Hungarian: “Blackburn”
  • Icelandic: “Blackburn”
  • Indonesian: “Blackburn”
  • Irish: “Blackburn”
  • Italian: “Blackburn”
  • Japanese: “ブラックバーン”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ಲ್ಯಾಕ್ಬರ್ನ್”
  • Korean: “블랙번”
  • Ladin: “Blackburn”
  • Latvian: “Blekbērna”
  • Lithuanian: “Blackburn”
  • Lithuanian: “Blakbernas”
  • Lombard: “Blackburn”
  • Macedonian: “Блекберн”
  • Malagasy: “Blackburn”
  • Malay: “Blackburn”
  • Moksha: “Блэкбэрн”
  • Northern Frisian: “Blackburn”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Blackburn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Blackburn”
  • Norwegian: “Blackburn”
  • Persian: “بلک‌برن”
  • Persian: “بلکبرن”
  • Polish: “Blackburn”
  • Portuguese: “Blackburn”
  • Romanian: “Blackburn”
  • Russian: “Блэкберн”
  • Scots: “Blackburn”
  • Serbian: “Blackburn”
  • Serbian: “Blekbern”
  • Serbian: “Блекберн”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Blackburn, Lancashire”
  • Silesian: “Blackburn”
  • Slovak: “Blackburn”
  • Slovenian: “Blackburn”
  • Spanish: “Blackburn”
  • Swahili: “Blackburn”
  • Swedish: “Blackburn”
  • Tamil: “பிளாக்பார்ன்”
  • Tatar: “Бләкбөрн”
  • Telugu: “బ్లాక్బర్న్”
  • Thai: “แบล็กเบิร์น”
  • Turkish: “Blackburn”
  • Ukrainian: “Блекберн”
  • Urdu: “بلیک برن”
  • Uzbek: “Blackburn”
  • Venetian: “Blackburn”
  • Vietnamese: “Blackburn”
  • Volapük: “Blackburn”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Blackburn”
  • Welsh: “Blackburn”
  • Western Frisian: “Blackburn”
  • Western Panjabi: “بلیک برن”
  • Wu Chinese: “布莱克本”
  • Yue Chinese: “布力般”
  • “Blackburn”

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