Blackburn

: This article is about Blackburn in Lancashire, England. For other uses of the name, see Blackburn (disambiguation).

Features

• Corporation Park
• Witton Country Park
• Blackburn Cathedral
• Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
• Lewis Textile Museum
• Blackburn Railway Station features a 24ft mural by Stephen Charnock, which depicts eight famous faces associated with the town, including Mahatma Gandhi, who visited nearby Darwen in 1931.
• Ewood Park football stadium
• Blackburn Arena, home of the Blackburn Hawks ice hockey team
• Thwaites brewery has has produced real ale in Blackburn for nearly 200 years
• A section of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal runs through the town
• The River Blakewater, which gives its names to the town, merges with the River Darwen before joining the River Ribble.