Schools in Darwen

A compact mill and market town of around 28,000 on the River Darwen in Lancashire, Darwen sits within the Blackburn with Darwen borough a few miles south of Blackburn. Cotton weaving and paper milling defined Darwen's nineteenth-century growth, and the dense terraces those industries created still frame the approach to the town centre today.

Darwen Town Centre and its surrounding streets form the borough's most school-competitive pocket for families seeking primary places. Whitehall and Hoddlesden extend further east and south. Trains from Darwen station reach Blackburn in under ten minutes and Manchester Victoria in around fifty, running south via Bolton on the Northern network.