Cemeteries · North West England
Darwen Cemetery
Darwen Cemetery is a cemetery in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Nearest railway station
- Darwen · 2.2 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Darwen Cemetery is a named cemetery in the United Kingdom. Coordinates: 53.6783°, -2.4598°. This entry is part of The Great Britain Guide, a free, ad-free, open-data tourist directory.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: West Pennine Moors SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Darwen Cemetery is a public cemetery in the town of Darwen, Lancashire, England, which lies on both sides of Bolton Road with views across Darwen to the hills beyond. A Cross of Sacrifice erected to burials of First World War service personnel stands by the entrance of the older part.
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Background
History
When space for burials in local churchyards became limited the local Board of Health acquired land on the western side of Bolton Road to provide a public burial site. The plot was divided into separate Church of England, Roman Catholic and Non-Conformist sections, each provided with their own Mortuary Chapels and opened as a cemetery in June 1861. In 1876 it was enlarged to cover 20 acres and by the end of the Second World War it was again expanded by the acquisition of further land on the other side of Bolton Road, now known as the Darwen East Cemetery. This too was expanded in the 1970s. The Non-Conformist chapel was demolished in the 1970s and the other two in the 1980s. The cemetery has…
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- Coordinates
- 53.6783, -2.4598
- District
- Blackburn with Darwen
- Parish
- Darwen
- Postcode
- BB3 2LU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen
- Nearest railway station
- Darwen — 2.2 km
Sources
- osm: w794787160 (ODbL)
- wikipedia: Darwen Cemetery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Darwen Cemetery.JPG (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Darwen Cemetery?
- Darwen Cemetery is in North-West England, United Kingdom (postcode BB3 2LU), in the parish of Darwen.
- Is Darwen Cemetery a protected site?
- Yes — Darwen Cemetery is part of the West Pennine Moors SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Darwen Cemetery?
- The nearest railway station is Darwen, about 2.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode BB3 2LU.