Jubilee Tower
The octagonal Jubilee Tower on Darwen Hill overlooking the town of Darwen in Lancashire, England, was completed in 1898 to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.Photo: Yessoos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: tower in Darwen, Lancashire, United Kingdom, commemorating Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee
- Also known as: “Darwen Jubilee Tower”, “Darwen Tower”, and “Jubilee Tower (Darwen Tower)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Darwen railway station and Darwen War Memorial.
Darwen railway station
Railway station
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Darwen railway station serves Darwen, a town in Lancashire, 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. Darwen railway station is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Jubilee Tower.
Darwen War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Kenneth Yarham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Darwen War Memorial is situated 3,600 feet east of Jubilee Tower.
St Peter’s Church, Darwen
Church
Photo: Chris Coleman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter's Church is in Bank Street, Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Blackburn with Darwen, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. St Peter’s Church, Darwen is situated 1 mile northeast of Jubilee Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Darwen and Lower Darwen.
Darwen
Town
Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough, of Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners".
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 2½ miles north of Jubilee Tower.
Hoddlesden
Village
Photo: robert wade, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hoddlesden is a village in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen, in Lancashire, 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 Darwen. Hoddlesden is situated 2½ miles east of Jubilee Tower.
Jubilee Tower
- Categories: tower and historic site
- Location: Blackburn with Darwen, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.68965° or 53° 41′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.48796° or 2° 29′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C5VMGQ6+VROpenStreetMap ID
node 29295678OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q6301915
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