Brownhill is a
suburb
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of
Blackburn, in the
unitary
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* Unitary divisor
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borough of
Blackburn with Darwen
Blackburn with Darwen is a borough and unitary authority area in Lancashire, North West England. It consists of the industrial town of Blackburn and the market town of Darwen including other villages around the two towns.
Formation
It was fou ...
, in
Lancashire, England. It is situated to the north-east of the town centre, in the Roe Lee ward which has an estimated population of around 5948. Other nearby places include
Ramsgreave
Ramsgreave is a civil parish in the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England. The parish is located on the northern edge of Blackburn although it is just outside the Blackburn with Darwen unitary district, and although the south and east of ...
,
Wilpshire and
Sunnybower
Bank Hey (also Sunnybower or Sunny Bower) is a suburb of Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It is located to the east of the town, north of Whitebirk and near the boundary with Hyndburn
Hyndburn is a local government district with borough stat ...
.
Brownhill sports a number of local businesses including Brownhill Pharmacy, Brownhill Post Office, Brownhill Arms (situated approximately from
Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station
Ramsgreave and Wilpshire is a railway station on the Ribble Valley Line that serves the villages/suburbs of Ramsgreave and Wilpshire, just north of Blackburn in Lancashire, England. The station is north of Blackburn railway station.
The pres ...
) and Videorama.
In the centre of Brownhill is the junction of the
A666 Whalley New Road and
A6119 Blackburn Ring Road; when the ring road was built in the 1920s it was a roundabout with the Blackburn to Wilpshire
tram route through the middle.
Brownhill has three churches: Holy Souls (
Roman Catholic), St Gabriel's (
Church of England) and Trinity (
Congregational).
St Gabriel's is located on Brownhill Drive, and was built in 1933 to replace the original St Gabriel's Church, which was situated on Pearl Street. St Gabriel's is now somewhat of a famous Blackburnian landmark due to its 'light-up' red cross, which was installed in 1964,
can be seen as far away as
Clayton-le-Moors (approximately ).
The
BP garage in Brownhill offers 24-hour fuel, off licence and grocery services.
References
Geography of Blackburn with Darwen
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