Published on Wednesday 13 September 2023 at 2:12 pm
Motorists and local residents are being advised that a series of resurfacing works will begin in the next fortnight across three locations in Blackburn and on the A666 in Darwen town centre.
Filed under: A666 | Audley | Audley Range | Highways | roadworks | Town Centre
Published on Thursday 30 August 2018 at 2:52 pm
Blackburn with Darwen Council’s Executive Board has agreed to a small rise in car parking charges.
Filed under: Car parking | Town Centre
Published on Friday 3 November 2017 at 4:56 pm
A new campaign to help beggars off the town centre streets has provided help, support, food and accommodation to vulnerable people in Blackburn.
Filed under: councillor phil riley | Town Centre
Published on Wednesday 25 October 2017 at 11:06 am
Work to draw up plans for a major new £2.9million road scheme in Blackburn Town centre to ease traffic flow is set to start next year.
Filed under: Barbara Castle Way | Cllr Riley | Northgate | Phil Riley | regeneration | Town Centre
Published on Wednesday 23 November 2016 at 4:43 pm
Blackburn’s new micropub, which opens this weekend, is set to celebrate the best of local fare.
Filed under: drummers arms | micropub | Phil Riley | Town Centre
Published on Friday 4 November 2016 at 11:10 am
The Making Rooms, Blackburn’s creative, digital and technological hub is now open.
The three storey facility will boast one of the country’s biggest and best equipped Fab Labs (Fabrication Laboratory) where residents can use small scale digital manufacturing machinery such as laser cutters and 3D printers to develop products, artwork or bespoke designs.
Filed under: Eddie Kirkby | The Making Rooms | Town Centre
Published on Tuesday 5 July 2016 at 2:53 pm
Visitors to Blackburn can enjoy a more colourful high street after Blackburn’s Business Improvement District invested an additional £25,000 into the town’s annual planting scheme.
Filed under: floral display | Town Centre
Published on Wednesday 13 May 2015 at 10:18 am
Artists Alex Wareing and Antonia Hennerley are getting ready to launch Blackburn’s first printmaking festival.
Blackburn Printfest will run from Friday, May 15 to Saturday, May 16 and will see printmakers come from all over the UK to show their work.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn is Open | Blackburn Printfest | The Bureau | Town Centre
Published on Friday 22 August 2014 at 3:34 pm
A new pop-up shop showcasing the work of local artists is due to open in Blackburn town centre.
Filed under: arte et labore | Blackburn | Blackburn is Open | Councillor | creativity | Maureen Bateson | regeneration | Town Centre
Published on Tuesday 12 August 2014 at 3:19 pm
A Blackburn born artist and her partner will showcase their works in Blackburn town Centre this Thursday, all the way from the USA.
Filed under: Art | Blackburn | Blackburn is Open | King William Street | Town Centre
Published on Friday 25 July 2014 at 4:46 pm
Work on the new bus station is underway.
These pictures show the pits for the ducting for the electricals for the doors, screens for the exit doors and information summary screens near the entry door.
Filed under: 12 Point Plan | Bus Station | Maureen Bateson | Pennine Reach | regeneration | Soundcloud | Town Centre | Town Centre Improvement
