Pleasington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It had a population of 467 in the 2001 census.
It is a rural village set on a hillside above the River Darwen. The village was listed in the Domesday Book as Plesigtune, a name which means "a settlement owned by Plessa's People".
Pleasington railway station is on the East Lancashire Line with trains to destinations including the nearby towns of...
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Pleasington is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It had a population of 467 in the 2001 census.
It is a rural village set on a hillside above the River Darwen. The village was listed in the Domesday Book as Plesigtune, a name which means "a settlement owned by Plessa's People".
Pleasington railway station is on the East Lancashire Line with trains to destinations including the nearby towns of Blackburn and Preston.
The Roman Catholic church in the village, known as Pleasington Priory, was built between 1816 - 1819 in a Gothic style. It is one of only two Grade I Listed buildings in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen.
Pleasington Old Hall is another historic building, built in 1587, and is Grade II Listed. A nature reserve near the hall was declared in 2006.
Also near the village is Pleasington Playing Fields, a large outdoor sports facility with 12 football pitches opened in 1963 by the Duke of Edinburgh as King George's Fields....
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