Blackburn with Darwen is a borough and unitary authority area in Lancashire, North West England. It consists of the towns of Blackburn and Darwen but covers a wider area which includes the villages of Lower Darwen, Feniscowles, Brownhill and Hoddlesden.[6]
Borough of Blackburn with Darwen | |
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Coordinates: 53°45′00″N 2°28′53″W / 53.7500°N 2.4815°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | England |
Region | North West |
Ceremonial county | Lancashire |
Incorporated | 1974 |
Unitary authority | 1998 |
Named for | Blackburn and Darwen |
Administrative HQ | Blackburn Town Hall |
Government | |
• Type | Unitary authority with leader and cabinet |
• Body | Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council |
• Control | Labour |
• Leader | Phil Riley (L) |
• Mayor | Parwaiz Akhtar |
• Chief Executive | Denise Park |
• House of Commons | 2 MPs
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Area | |
• Total | 53 sq mi (137 km2) |
• Rank | 173rd |
Population (2021)[3] | |
• Total | 154,922 |
• Rank | 135th |
• Density | 2,930/sq mi (1,131/km2) |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
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Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Postcode area | |
Dialling code | 01254 |
ISO 3166 code | GB-BBD |
GSS code | E06000008 |
ITL code | TLD41 |
GVA | 2021 estimate[5] |
• Total | £3.4 billion |
• Per capita | £21,843 |
GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate[5] |
• Total | £3.9 billion |
• Per capita | £24,864 |
Website | blackburn |
It was founded in 1974 as the Lancashire borough of Blackburn, from the County Borough of Blackburn, the Municipal Borough of Darwen, the parish of North Turton from Turton Urban District (chiefly the villages of Belmont, Chapeltown and Edgworth) and parts of Blackburn Rural District. It was renamed in May 1997, in preparation for a split from Lancashire County Council. On 1 April 1998 it became a unitary authority.
Ethnic group | School year | |
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2021/2022 | ||
Number | % | |
White: Total | 12,911 | 46.1 |
White: British | 11,876 | 42.4 |
White: Irish | 28 | 0.1 |
White: Traveller of Irish heritage | 25 | 0.1 |
White: Gypsy/Roma | 21 | 0.1 |
White: Other | 961 | 3.4 |
Asian / Asian British: Total | 12,835 | 45.8 |
Asian / Asian British: Indian | 4,592 | 16.4 |
Asian / Asian British: Pakistani | 7,282 | 26.0 |
Asian / Asian British: Bangladeshi | 290 | 1.0 |
Asian / Asian British: Chinese | 71 | 0.3 |
Asian / Asian British: Other Asians | 600 | 2.1 |
Black / Black British: Total | 344 | 1.2 |
Black: Caribbean | 13 | 0.0 |
Black: African | 274 | 1.0 |
Black: Other Blacks | 57 | 0.2 |
Mixed / British Mixed | 1,129 | 4 |
Other: Total | 474 | 1.7 |
Unclassified | 290 | 1.0 |
Total: | 27,983 | 100.0 |
According to the 2021 census, 38.0% of the population was Christian, 35.0% Muslim, 0.3% Hindu, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.4% followed another religions (including Judaism, Sikhism and others), 21.1% were not affiliated to a religion and 5.0% did not state their religious views.
The council is based at Blackburn Town Hall on King William Street in the centre of Blackburn. As a unitary authority, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council provides most local government services. Parts of the borough are covered by civil parishes, which provide a lower tier of local government.
This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Blackburn with Darwen at current basic prices published Archived 22 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine (pp. 240–253) by Office for National Statistics with figures in millions of British Pounds Sterling.
Year | Regional Gross Value Added[a] | Agriculture[b] | Industry[c] | Services[d] |
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1995 | 1,496 | 3 | 755 | 737 |
2000 | 1,597 | 3 | 678 | 916 |
2003 | 1,785 | 4 | 647 | 1,134 |
The town of Blackburn and the village of Hoddlesden lie in unparished areas.
As a unitary authority, Blackburn with Darwen authority has a statutory responsibility for educational standards and schooling within its boundaries.[9]
Blackburn with Darwen Council has a stated transport policy of "making roads traffic free".[10]
The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen.
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