Little Harwood is a suburb of

Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-n ...

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significantly. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...

, England, situated at the northern edge of the town.

Use of land

Located within the ward are areas of mixed housing, industrial units and open land, including Blackburn

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Culture

Little Harwood is a multi-cultural place and there are many

mosques A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, i ...

and

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

es in the suburb to cater for the various religious denominations of Blackburn and its surrounding areas. The Little Harwood Clock Tower was unveiled in 1923 and the hourly chime can still be heard in memory of the local lads that fell during the two World Wars. Its gardens are maintained regularly by council gardeners and provide a quiet alternative to the busy Whalley Old Road.

Education

There are two state-funded schools located in the ward of Little Harwood: St Stephen's CE Primary School and

Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School (TIBHS) is a secondary free school for boys in Blackburn, Lancashire. Background TIBHS opened in September 2012 and received an "Outstanding" Ofsted The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Serv ...

. St Stephen's was formed 2010 when an infants and junior school combined on one site on Robinson Street at a multi-coloured rectangular building costing around £7million. Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School is a free school which opened in 2012. There are also two

independent schools An independent school is independent in its finances and governance. Also known as private schools, non-governmental, privately funded, or non-state schools, they are not administered by local, state or national governments. In British Eng ...

within the ward of Little Harwood; Madressa-e-Islamia Educational Centre and Jamiatul-llm Wal Huda UK School.

Notable people

Little Harwood is well known as the birthplace of

Jack Walker Jack Walker (19 May 1929 – 17 August 2000) was a British industrialist and businessman. Walker built his fortune in the steel industry, amassing a personal fortune of £600 million. He then went on to become the owner and benefactor of Blackb ...

, owner of Walker Steel and

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and benefactor of

Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club, based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the , the second tier of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. T ...

FC, whose parents lived on Whalley Old Road.

References

External links

Office for national statistics
{{Blackburn with Darwen geography Geography of Blackburn with Darwen