This year’s Heritage Open Day at Bold Venture Park will take place on Sunday 20th September, and the theme is “Hidden Nature”. Friends of Bold Venture Park have organised a community pop up art gallery to celebrate the nature and beauty that we are so lucky to have on our doorstep in Darwen. Keep reading…
To celebrate work to the new £1.5m Darwen Market Square being officially completed Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council released this new video on The Weavers Bird! It tells the tale behind the sculpture of the peregrine falcon which sits proudly as the centrepiece of the new market square. Watch the story now of Darwen’s Weaver Bird!…
Blackburn with Darwen Council has today revealed the artwork concept that will become the centre piece of the new Darwen Market Square. A majestic Peregrine Falcon, made of woven copper, will arrive in Darwen this spring. It will stand over 3m tall, with a wing span of 4.5m; it will look towards one of its…