Blackburn with Darwen

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Borough of Blackburn with Darwen
Borough and unitary authority
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Coat of arms
Motto(s): 
Latin: Arte et Labore, lit.  'By Skill and Labour'
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Blackburn with Darwen shown within Lancashire
Coordinates: 53°45′00″N2°28′53″W / 53.7500°N 2.4815°W / 53.7500; -2.4815
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country England
Region North West
Ceremonial county Lancashire
Incorporated 1 April 1974
Unitary authority 1 April 1998
Named after Blackburn and Darwen
Administrative HQ Blackburn Town Hall
Government
[1]
 • Type Unitary authority
 • Body Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
 •  MPs
Area
[2]
 • Total
53 sq mi (137 km2)
 • Rank 173rd
Population
 (2022) [3]
 • Total
155,762
 • Rank 135th
 • Density2,940/sq mi (1,137/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
[4]
 •  Ethnic groups
List
Religion (2021)
[4]
 •  Religion
List
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas
Dialling codes 01254
ISO 3166 code GB-BBD
GSS code E06000008
Website blackburn.gov.uk

Blackburn with Darwen is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, North West England. The borough includes the towns of Blackburn and Darwen plus a wider rural area which includes the villages of Lower Darwen, Feniscowles, Brownhill and Hoddlesden. [5]

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Formation

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.

Demographics

Ethnicity

Ethnicity of school pupils [6]
Ethnic groupSchool year
2021/2022
Number%
White: Total12,91146.1
White: British 11,87642.4
White: Irish 280.1
White: Traveller of Irish heritage250.1
White: Gypsy/Roma210.1
White: Other 9613.4
Asian / Asian British: Total12,83545.8
Asian / Asian British: Indian 4,59216.4
Asian / Asian British: Pakistani 7,28226.0
Asian / Asian British: Bangladeshi 2901.0
Asian / Asian British: Chinese 710.3
Asian / Asian British: Other Asians6002.1
Black / Black British: Total3441.2
Black: Caribbean 130.0
Black: African 2741.0
Black: Other Blacks 570.2
Mixed / British Mixed 1,1294
Other: Total4741.7
Unclassified2901.0
Total:27,983100.0

Religion

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.

Religion in Blackburn with Darwen as of 2021 [7]
  1. Christianity (38%)
  2. Islam (35%)
  3. Hinduism (0.3%)
  4. Buddhism (0.2%)
  5. Sikh (0.1%)
  6. No religion (21.1%)
  7. Not stated (5%)
  8. Other (0.30%)

Governance

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.

Economy

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.

YearRegional Gross Value Added [a] Agriculture [b] Industry [c] Services [d]
19951,4963755737
20001,5973678916
20031,78546471,134

Settlements

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Towns, suburbs, villages and hills in the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen

Civil parishes

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  1. Darwen (town council)
  2. Eccleshill
  3. Livesey
  4. North Turton
  5. Pleasington
  6. Tockholes
  7. Yate and Pickup Bank

The town of Blackburn and the village of Hoddlesden lie in unparished areas.

Education

As a unitary authority, Blackburn with Darwen authority has a statutory responsibility for educational standards and schooling within its boundaries. [8]

Transport

Blackburn with Darwen Council has a stated transport policy of "making roads traffic free". [9]

Freedom of the Borough

The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen. [10]

Individuals

Military Units

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Components may not sum to totals due to rounding
  2. ↑ includes hunting and forestry
  3. ↑ includes energy and construction
  4. ↑ includes financial intermediation services indirectly measured

References

  1. ↑ "Council and democracy". Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics . 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics . 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  4. 1 2 UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Blackburn with Darwen Local Authority (E06000008)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  5. ↑ "Unitary Authority population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Schools, pupils and their characteristics, Academic Year 2021/22". explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Religion". Office for National Statistics . Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "Types of Council". Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  9. ↑ Blackburn with Darwen Council. "Transport & streets policies & strategies". Archived from the original on 11 June 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Freedom of the Borough". Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  11. ↑ Jacobs, Bill (25 September 2015). "Former Blackburn MP Jack Straw to be given 'freedom' of the borough". The Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

Council political parties

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