Brownhill
- Brownhill
infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 53.775
longitude = -2.477
population = 5,948
official_name = Brownhill
unitary_england =Blackburn with Darwen
lieutenancy_england =Lancashire
region = North West England
constituency_westminster = Blackburn
post_town = BLACKBURN
postcode_district = BB1
postcode_area = BB
dial_code = 01254
os_grid_reference = SD685310Brownhill is a
suburb ofBlackburn , in the unitary borough ofBlackburn with Darwen , inLancashire ,England . It is situated to the north-east of the town centre, and it has an estimated population of around 5948, [cite web|url=http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/|title=Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council ] 20% of which are from anethnic minority background. Other nearby places includeRamsgreave ,Wilpshire andSunnybower .Brownhill sports a number of local businesses including Brownhill Pharmacy, Brownhill Post Office, Brownhill Arms (situated approximately 0.3 miles from
Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station [cite web|url=http://www.streetmap.co.uk/|title=Streetmap.co.uk ] ) and Videorama.In the centre of Brownhill is the junction of the A666 Whalley New Road and A6119 Blackburn Ring Road; when the ring road was built in the 1920sfact|date=April 2008 it was a roundabout with the Blackburn to Wilpshire
tram route through the middle. [cite web | url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/duncan.holden46/trams/chapter11.htm | title=Tramway history: Chapter 11 | work=Blackburn Transport Net | accessdate=2008-04-11 | last=Holden | first=Duncan ]Brownhill has three churches: Holy Souls (Roman Catholic), St Gabriels (
Church of England ) and Trinity (Congregational). St Gabriel's is located on Brownhill Drive, and was built in 1933 [cite web | url=http://www.st-gabriels.net/page.php?19 | title=St Gabriel's Church Website: About Us | accessdate=2008-03-13 ] to replace the original St Gabriel's Church, which was situated on Pearl Street. St Gabriel's is now somewhat of a famous Blackburnian landmark over due to its 'light-up' red cross, which was installed in 1964, [cite web | url=http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?LANGUAGE=eng&pageID=2937 | title=Blackburn Encyclopaedia S | publisher=Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | last=Smith | first=Ray | accessdate=2008-03-13 ] can be seen as far away asClayton-le-Moors (approximately 8 miles).The
BP garage in Brownhill offers 24-hour fuel, off licence and grocery services.References
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