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1 R Museum V Bureau ICHMON H 2 Church Street K D TERRA art gallery. It closed in 2006. IN CE T Sculptures G R W O IL 19 ST 22 These modern artworks T L E W A6078 19 E IA G Museum and E 14 M S AN S are called ‘Transitions’. R T H N Art Gallery T 18 C I E A S They represent the E 15 The building opened in 1874. U growth of the cotton G 16 It was the Library as well as A 21 T T N Town plant and the growth of N E the Museum. The Library then O O Hall E M R Blackburn. R T moved into the old Co-op T S

B H TOWN HALL ST 17 building. Today the Museum L 13 G 3 The Waterloo A N A K K N E T The Mall E has outstanding collections I E Pavilions MO 11 12 N P OR G of books, coins, and religious Built in 1835 as three W Blackburn HI icons. ManyGH of the exhibits separate buildings, Library I E L R L from the former EA Lewis Textile the pavilions are now King I N A AM George’s M AM Museum are now displayed AN restored. The spaces Hall E S Bus Station 10 B 9 here. You can watch a film T Blackburn in between have been A N R SALFORD R O Market clip, ‘Blackburn Looms’ T R E enclosed with glass. O T E H T N 8 on the Lancashire Not A6078 G 7 A S T Forgotten website. T E The Mall 4 Cathedral Gateway R T E S E H The route between the C R T UR M W H A 20 Richmond Terrace T C I three elaborate cast iron gates is called Ancient Carriage Drive. O S L RD 2 3 W N LO The terrace was built in the early 1800s. People who once lived It may well mark the traditional entrance to the grounds of the T T 5 A A EE here include the mill owner John Baynes and the brewer John medieval parish church. G R R U ST N 6 O Dutton. Today the houses are largely used as business premises E E A LD S EI 4 23 D T F Fleming Square by solicitors, architects and dentists. 5 The Woven Globe R Cathedral T E E 31 E This sculpture was made for the Millennium. It stands in the area E Square R T 28 Blackburn T 21 County Court Buildings S where the town’s market cross would have been. T Cathedral 1 E D CI E E C The County CourtL buildings are beyond the car park ramp. They R A EL T D S R Railway ST 27 openedR in MarchU 1864 during the Cotton Famine. G W Station EE 6 N T A The Old Bank I K E 30 R N 24 The bank was built in the 1870s. Its massive stonework and E M I S 22 St John’s ChurchH N T 25 window-bars were designed to reassure people during times of 26 G I C R The church was erected in the late 18th century on land given 29 I E H unrest. In 1878 there were cotton riots in Blackburn. N E G T ET by Henry Sudell, who contributed half the £8,000 cost. It was RE L E ST A ILE N JUB deconsecrated in 1975. Today it is home to an arts venue called 7 Mitchell & Kenyon Plaque E ET T The Bureau. This is the site of the shop where the film makers, Mitchell and A674 E E TR E S R

S T Kenyon, had their business. In the 1900s they were well known R E S 23 Queen Victoria Statue for their two-minute films of factory workers, local processions ET P E The statue was unveiled in 1905 by Queen Victoria’s daughter, T G and sporting events. S D I Princess Louise. The sculptor was Bertram McKennal. Blackburn’s R B F well-known film makers, Mitchell and Kenyon, filmed the unveiling. 8 Paganini Blue Plaque R E C A6078 The famous violinist Paganani came to Blackburn in 1833. This K L 24 E T Railway Station plaque marks the site of the inn where he stayed, which was later B T REE O R ST The frontage of the station is Grade II listed. The station has a R N WEI named after him. O T M S modern domed roof covering platforms one and two. By the ramp E T A666 E S R R T E T R to platform four is a stainless steel screen showing Blackburn’s 9 William Ewart Gladstone Statue S E E E T G T heritage. It includes images of Kathleen Ferrier, Barbara Castle This statue was originally on the Boulevard. In 1955 it was moved IN K and Jack Walker. to just outside the old Technical College. In 1983 it moved again, to its present site. The 1935 red telephone kiosk nearby is Grade 25 Original Post Office II listed. ‘The Postal Order’ pub was originally the main Post Office, which T opened in 1910. A blue plaque commemorates the pre-1900 10 The Victoria Building R STREE NTERBU terminus of the steam tramway to Darwen. This was the main front of the old Technical College, which is CA now Blackburn College. It was built in 1887 for Queen Victoria’s 26 Former Philanthropic Mutual Assurance Society Golden Jubilee. LOWER AUDLE STREET This building is a fine example of late 19th century commercial architecture.

11 27 Darwen Street 14 Sudell Cross Numbers 28-32 are some of the oldest surviving buildings in this

HenryA679 Sudell was once the town’s richest man, a philanthropist street. Next door is BBC Radio Lancashire. A blue plaque marks who then became bankrupt. Sudell Cross was originally the site the scene of the 1842 Plug Riots. of the Big Lamp. In itsA679 place today is a large artwork by Simon Watkinson called ‘The Braid’ which was installed in 2007. 28 Fleming Square 12 The walls of Fleming Square incorporate salvaged architectural 15 The Cotton Exchange features. The railings at the end recall its days as a fish market. The Exchange opened in 1865. The building was also used for Within the Square itself is the façade of the 1849 Exchange Arcade. public meetings and concerts. Charles Dickens gave a public 11 King George’s Hall reading here. The building eventually became a cinema, known by 29 King Street King George V laid the foundation stone in 1913. Over the years, many different names: the Majestic, the Essoldi, the Classic and This was once the grandest street in Blackburn. Numbers one and many memorable concerts have taken place here, including Ted the Apollo. It later became Tiggi’sA6177 restaurant. two are Georgian. The front of number two has a replica of the Heath’s big band, The Beatles and David Bowie. original Sun Insurance fire mark. William Hornby, a major cotton 16 Old Town Hall mill owner, was living here when it was attacked by the mob. 12 Blackburn Library A666 The cornerstone was laid in 1852 by Joseph Fielden, who was the Until the early 1970s this building was the Co-operative Society Lord of the Manor. As well as an assembly room, council chamber 30 Henry Sudell’s House department store. Today, the library still has some of the Co-op’s and offices, the building also contained the court, police offices The ‘Outdoor Action’ shop was once the Georgian town-house of original features, including cage lifts. This junction of Northgate and cells. the Sudell family. and Town Hall Street was once known as Thunder Alley. 17 William Henry Hornby Statue 31 Quaker Meeting House 13 Court House William Hornby became Blackburn’s first mayor in 1851. This This plain brick building is one of the oldest places of worship This building was once the Central Police Station. It was formally statue was unveiled by his son in 1912. It originally stood in in Blackburn still in use. It was built in 1824 on what was then opened in 1912 by Sir Harry Hornby. Above the two main entrances Limbrick overlooking Sudell Cross. It was moved here to its known as Alice Sudell’s Orchard. Inside there are still large you can see large figures representing Justice and Mercy. present site in 1970. hat-pegs for the traditional broad-brimmed hats.