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Development in Blackburn, Blackburn with Darwen BB2 3FF
Plumlife HomesLiving in Blackburn
Living in Blackburn, a town in Blackburn with Darwen, North West: its new homes, prices and builders, the neighbourhoods, schools and people, and what buying here costs, from today's listings and the official records.
- New homes for sale
- 94
- Developments
- 12
- Middle price
- £350,000
- Builders
- 8
Listings updated 12 Nov 2026
Willow GrovePersimmon Homes
Bernets NookBarratt Homes
Green Hills - Homestead Collection - Woodland GroveKingswood HomesAbout Blackburn
Blackburn is a former mill town in Lancashire and the administrative centre of the borough of Blackburn with Darwen. The Ribble Valley lies to the north and the West Pennine Moors to the south, with Preston to the west, Accrington to the east and Darwen to the south. Hills ring the town centre.
Wool was woven in homes here from the 13th century, and by the early 20th century Blackburn had become known as the weaving capital of the world. The parish church of St Mary became Blackburn Cathedral in 1926 and was enlarged between the 1930s and the 1960s. The old Town Hall, finished in 1856, is in the Italian Renaissance style, King George's Hall is the town's arts and entertainment venue, and Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery keeps the local history collections. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal, which arrived in 1810, skirts the town centre.
Witton Country Park, to the west of the town, covers 190 hectares and includes the wooded Billinge Hill. Corporation Park, north-west of the centre, opened in 1857 and holds the town's war memorial, and Queen's Park opened in 1887. Green belt lies west and south of the town, around Witton and Pleasington.
Blackburn station is in the town centre, next to the cathedral. Northern trains run west to Preston and Blackpool, south to Manchester Victoria, north to Clitheroe, and east to Burnley, Leeds and York. The M65 passes to the south of the town and connects with the M61 and the M6, and the A666 runs south through Darwen to Bolton.
Written by NewHomeSearch and checked on 11 Nov 2026 against: Wikipedia: Blackburn;
