Darwen is a vibrant market town and along with its northerly neighbor, Blackburn, it forms the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen. It is also known locally as “Darren” and its residents are known as “Darreners”.
The town has fabulous facilities including recently constructed Health & Leisure Centers and two recently built high schools including the state of the art Darwen Academy, which also includes a sixth form college.
The town is blessed with several picturesque parks & woodlands and is fringed by the West Pennine Moors providing an enviable back drop, which features Jubilee Tower, often referred to as ‘Darwen Tower’. The tower was built in 1898 to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee year.
The town has a vibrant nightlife and constantly increasing restaurant scene, which attracts high numbers of visitors from its larger neighbors of Bolton and Blackburn.
There are excellent transport links, with direct trains through to Manchester to the south and through to Clitheroe and the Ribble Valley heading north.
Darwen has certainly found the way to balance retaining its heritage whilst embracing a fast developing and modern town. A fabulous place to live!
