St Gabriel’s Church
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.Photo: Mike and Kirsty Grundy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: 1933 church by F. X. Velarde in Blackburn, Lancashire, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Saint Gabriel’s, Blackburn”, “St Gabriel, Brownhill Drive”, and “St Gabriel’s Church, Blackburn”
- Address: Brownhill Drive, Blackburn, BB1 9QR
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station and Pleckgate High School.
Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station
Railway station
Photo: Kevin Waterhouse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station is situated 2,000 feet north of St Gabriel’s Church.
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. Pleckgate High School is situated 3,900 feet southwest of St Gabriel’s Church.
St. James
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. James is a church, which is situated 1¼ miles south of St Gabriel’s Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brownhill and Blackburn.
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.
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 St Gabriel’s Church.
St Gabriel’s Church
- Categories: modern architecture, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Blackburn with Darwen, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.77449° or 53° 46′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.47695° or 2° 28′ 37″ westLevels
2Open location code
9C5VQGFF+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
way 279549578OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q78596928
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