Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramway

Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramway is a memorial in Blackburn with Darwen, England. Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramway is situated nearby to the church Blackburn Cathedral, as well as near the community center Blackburn Youth Zone.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Blackburn Cathedral and Blackburn railway station.

Blackburn Cathedral

Church

Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.

Blackburn Cathedral, 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 Lancashire, England.

Blackburn railway station

Railway station

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Blackburn railway station serves the town of Blackburn, in Lancashire, England. It is 12 miles east of Preston; it is managed and served by Northern Trains. Blackburn railway station is situated 790 feet east of Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramway.

The Mall Blackburn

Shopping center

The Mall Blackburn, also known by its former name, Blackburn Shopping Centre, is a shopping centre serving the town of Blackburn, Lancashire, England and is owned by the Adhan Group. The Mall Blackburn is situated 810 feet north of Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Blackburn and Lower Darwen.

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.

Lower Darwen

Village

Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lower Darwen is a village in the unitary borough of Blackburn with Darwen, contiguous with the town of Darwen, in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. Lower Darwen is situated 2 miles south of Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramway.

Brownhill

Suburb

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. Brownhill is situated 2 miles north of Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramway.

Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramway

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “This road junction was the northern terminus of the first street tramway in the kingdom to be worked entirely by steam. Officially opened 14th April 1881”
Category: historic site
Location: Blackburn with Darwen, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.74669° or 53° 44′ 48″ north

Longitude

-2.48251° or 2° 28′ 57″ west

Open location code

9C5VPGW8+MX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 11283446800

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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