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Darwen Rotary and Darwen Primary Schools have joined up to celebrate St George’s Day. A town wide school arts project which has seen students creatively designing their own dragon egg in recent weeks will culminate in a display of over a thousand dragon eggs at Darwen Market. The competition, run by Darwen Rotary, has been…
This Easter Saturday Darwen Market presents Music in the Market Hall, with vintage cream tea, dancing and live entertainment. On Saturday 20th April, Darwen Market will be welcoming celebrity singer Charlotte Jones who will be singing live from 11am – 3pm in the Annexe. Charlotte, who has appeared on BBC1’s Celebrity MasterChef, Saturday Kitchen and…
Darwen’s brand new Market Square is set to be officially opened at an event this May. Following months of hard work to transform the area, the £1.5m project has created an impressive public space that will be officially unveiled on Saturday 11 May. The area boasts the formal Market Square with enough space for people…
A week of free, family fun, activities at Darwen Market has been confirmed for the Easter holidays in April. The activities provided by the Markets Team at Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, in partnership with award winning Crafty Vintage, are designed to provide young people with opportunities to create, relax, learn, laugh, make friends and…
In the UK this year it is estimated that we will eat a total of 12.4 billion eggs. That’s a lot of eggs to scramble, fry, boil and poach! Clearly one of our favourite foods, we spoke with Darwen Market traders who according to our calculation sell in the region of 3600 eggs a week.…
A week of free, family fun, activities at Darwen Market during February half term has been hailed a success and is now set to return for the Easter holidays in April. Hundreds of local children and their families took part in free holiday activities over February half term. The activities provided by the Markets Team…
Caskbar brings the best cask ales to Darwen A rotating weekly schedule of local cask ales ensure there is always something new to taste at Caskbar and with a range of Gin and Whiskey too, every drinker is happy. Just on the outskirts of the main street in Darwen, opposite Lidl, is a gem of…
Darwen Primary Poster Competition As part of their effort to promote health and safety Eric Wright Construction have been working with Avondale Primary School and challenging them to design site safety posters. Young people at Avondale Primary School have been putting their artistic talents to good use by entering a competition to create health and…
I popped into woods fruit and veg today to talk potatoes with David, the owner of the best fresh fruit and veg stall around. Did you know they have 9 different varieties of potatoes on sale plus sweet potatoes! That’s a lot of choice, but which should you go for? Well that depends on what…
Let’s Make at Darwen Market A series of free half term events for families starting Monday 18th until Friday 22nd February, 10am – 2pm. Half term is around the corner and for families looking for something fun and free to do there is a packed programme of activities planned at Darwen Market. Blackburn with Darwen Council…
