Blackburn Central High School

Blackburn Central High School is a co-educational secondary school located in Blackburn, Lancashire. The school was formed from the merger of William Clements and relocated to a new combined campus in September 2012. Construction of the new school site was funded by the Building Schools for the Future programme. Previously a foundation school administered by Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, in October 2019 Blackburn Central High School converted to academy status and is now sponsored by the Champion Education Trust. Blackburn Central High School offers GCSEs as programmes of study for pupils. Until 2022, the school shared a campus with Crosshill Special School. Crosshill Special School relocated to their own premises in Darwen in January 2022.

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Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital

The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital is an acute District General Hospital in Blackburn, Lancashire operated by the East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.

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Jaame Masjid, Blackburn

The Jaame Masjid, also known as the Jaame Masjid Islamic Cultural Centre, is a mosque, located on Lambert Street in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, in the United Kingdom. The congregation was established from a house in 1962, incorporating two terrace houses, and has since been expanded on several occasions. It became the first Masjid in Lancashire, recognised as the official central mosque of Blackburn.

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Our Lady and St John Catholic College

Our Lady & St John Catholic College is a mixed 11-16 comprehensive school in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. The school was created in 1987 by the amalgamation of Notre Dame Grammar School and St. John Rigby R.C. High School. A purpose-built vocational centre opened in September 2009.

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St Thomas' Church, Blackburn

St Thomas' Church was an Anglican parish church in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. The church was situated on the eastern side of Lambeth Street, between Billinge Street and Skiddaw Street. It was designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley. The first plan had been prepared in 1859, but the church was not built until 1864–65. The first design was in brick, but the patron insisted on its being in stone. Originally the plan had been to seat 766 people, but this was later increased to 1,054. The church cost £4,469 (equivalent to £560,000 in 2023). The church closed in 1977 and has since been demolished.

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