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Darwen rose from the ashes of East Lancashire Coachbuilders in August 2007, after they went into administration [1] - Darwen saved them the next day. Darwen went about reorganising the business, making a number of redundancies and rebranding main bus side of the business as Darwen East Lancs, the repair arm as Darwen North West.
Blackburn with Darwen is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, North West England. The borough includes the towns of Blackburn and Darwen plus a wider rural area which includes the villages of Lower Darwen , Feniscowles , Brownhill and Hoddlesden .
Blackburn with Darwen's population growth rate between mid-2020 and mid-2021 was 0.2% per year. Blackburn with Darwen covers an area of 137 square kilometres (53 square miles) and has a population density of 1,131 people per square kilometre (km2), based on the latest population estimates taken in mid-2021. [91]
Centenary Booklet This Centenary Booklet commemorates 100 years of service by Blackburn College to the Community of Blackburn, Darwen and East Lancashire. It highlights significant stages in the growth and development of the college from its foundation in May 1888 to the visit in 1988 by Prince Charles.
East Lancashire Coachbuilders Limited was a manufacturer of bus bodies and carriages founded in 1934 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England.The company went into administration for a short while in August 2007, before being bought by Darwen Group and performed a reverse takeover with Optare when its parent purchased the company in 2008 and its site and business was later closed in 2012.
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Blackburn Central High School, Blackburn; Darwen Aldridge Community Academy, Darwen; Darwen Aldridge Enterprise Studio, Darwen; Darwen Vale High School, Darwen; Our Lady and St John Catholic College, Blackburn
[8] [9] Blackburn's borough status was transferred to the enlarged district, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Blackburn's series of mayors dating back to 1851. [10] The district was renamed Blackburn with Darwen in May 1997. [11] [12] The council became a unitary authority on 1 April 1998.