Blackburn
Coordinates: 53°44′42″N 2°28′37″W / 53.7449°N 2.4769°W
Blackburn is a town in Lancashire, England. The town has a population of about 105,000 people. Blackburn is mentioned in one of the Beatles' songs. The town's football team is Blackburn Rovers F.C.
| Blackburn | |
 View south–southeast across central Blackburn |
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 Blackburn shown within Lancashire | |
| Population | 105.000 [1] |
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| - Density | 11,114/sq mi (4,291/km2)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SD685277 |
| - London | 184 mi (296 km) SSE |
| Unitary authority | Blackburn with Darwen |
| Ceremonial county | Lancashire |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BLACKBURN |
| Postcode district | BB1 – BB2 |
| Dialling code | 01254 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Blackburn |
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Blackburn Media
Blackburn's old clock tower in 1906 with time ball at the top of its mast
Strike of cotton mill workers in 1920 in Cowell Street in the Nab Lane area
Workers producing shuttles for the textile industry, c. 1920. Rowland Baguley and Company, based on Addison Street, produced a wide range of shuttles for the home textile industry and for export before it closed in the early 1930s.
A typical weaving shed at Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, Burnley
Albion Mill photographed in 2008. The mill ceased production in 1975 and was demolished in 2010.
Arms of the former Blackburn Borough Council on display in the Town Hall
View north over Lammack and Pleckgate from one of the highest points in Blackburn at the site of the old water tank at Revidge
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "KS01 Usual resident population: Census 2001, Key Statistics for urban areas". National Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
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