Darwen
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Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners". The A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to the south and Pendlebury where it joins the A6, about north-west of Manchester. The population of Darwen stood at 28,046 in the 2011 census. The town comprises four wards and has its own town council.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Darwen
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 7.58
- UK place.population
- 31,570
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001 census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SD695225
- UK place.civil_parish
- Darwen
- UK place.unitary_england
- Blackburn with Darwen
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Lancashire
- UK place.region
- North West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Rossendale and Darwen
- UK place.population_demonym
- Darrener
- UK place.post_town
- DARWEN
- UK place.postcode_district
- BB3
- UK place.postcode_area
- BB
- UK place.dial_code
- 01254
- UK place.pushpin_map
- United Kingdom Blackburn with Darwen
- UK place.pushpin_map_caption
- Shown within Blackburn with Darwen
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- market town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Population
- 28046
- Area
- 7.58
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Darwen.png
- Dialing code
- 01254
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- topic's main category
- Category:Darwen
- described by source
- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
- Commons category
- Darwen
- OS grid reference
- SD695225
- postal code
- BB3
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Encyclopedic overview
28 sectionsContents
- Toponym
- History
- Governance
- Coat of arms
- Education
- Geography
- Location
- Landmarks
- Darwen Jubilee Tower
- Darwen Library
- Darwen Town Hall
- Parks
- Bold Venture Park
- Sunnyhurst Wood
- Whitehall Park
- Transport
- Culture and community
- Religion
- Music
- Media
- Sport
- Notable people
- Sport
- Twin towns
- Photo gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Darwen is a market town and civil parish in the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The residents of the town are known as "Darreners". The A666 road passes through Darwen towards Blackburn to the north, Bolton to the south and Pendlebury where it joins the A6, about north-west of Manchester. The population of Darwen stood at 28,046 in the 2011 census. The town comprises four wards and has its own town council.
The town stands on the River Darwen, which flows from south to north and is seen in parks in the town centre and next to Sainsbury's located in the town centre.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Darwen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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