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Blackburn

A Lancashire town, is Blackburn, United Kingdom /ˈbl kbərn/. Blackburn is bounded to the south by Darwen, which it forms the unitary authority of Blackburn with Darwen. When the Hundred of Blackburnshire came into existence as a Northumbria division that is territorial, the town was important during the Anglo-Saxon era.

In the town centre is Blackburn's redeveloped station, and is served by Northern. In May 2016, Blackburn's bus station on Ainsworth Street opened. The Riverside Stand's Darwen End (because it stands on the River Darwen banks, named as such), Jack Walker Stand, and Blackburn End, which after club supporter and industrialist of Blackburn, Jack Walker, is named, include four sections that the facility comprises with a capacity of 31,367.

Part of Blackburn College, the Technical School is a grade II listed building. Probably crossed the river east of the town centre that is modern in the neighbourhood of Salford, the road route passed Blackburn Cathedral's east. Overlooking the Cathedral Square, Blackburn's statue of Queen Victoria is next to the cathedral grounds.

Thwaites Brewery, Blackburn College, (Samlesbury Aerodrome site, at Samlesbury, northwest of Blackburn) BAE Systems; Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council; and the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (at the Royal Blackburn Hospital) include employers in Blackburn. Home to Blackburn Hawks ice hockey team, Blackburn Arena, which houses an ice rink, opened in 1991.

The parade of Armistice that is annual concludes at the war memorial and the Blackburn War Memorial is within Corporation Park which commemorates people who lost their lives in the World Wars. Having been laid out at a cost of £10,000 on land acquired by Blackburn Corporation from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in 1882, the Queen's Park was opened in June 1887.

As are astroturf football pitches and a full-size athletic track, Witton Park High School is located within the park, which is home to Blackburn Harriers. Holding the positions of Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity as well as the town is linked to MP in Blackburn, Barbara Castle who for 34 years was (1945-1979), First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Social Services.