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It has a reputation as a regional centre of excellence for the manufacturing and aerospace industries. The town began to develop in the early period as a number of farming surrounded by houses and , and has held a market for more than 700 years. During the it became one of Lancashire's most prominent ; at its peak it was one of the world's largest producers of cotton cloth, and a major centre of engineering. Burnley has retained a strong manufacturing sector, and has strong economic links with the cities of Manchester and Leeds, as well as neighbouring towns along the M65 corridor. For the first time in more than fifty years, a direct train service now operates between the town's Manchester Road railway station and Manchester's Victoria station, via the newly restored Todmorden Curve, which opened in May 2015. Various other spellings have been used: Bronley 1241 , Brunley 1251 and commonly Brumleye 1294 Origins and weapons have been found on the around the town, as have numerous , , and some see: , which dates from around 600 BC. Modern-day Back Lane, Sump Hall Lane and Noggarth Road broadly follow the route of a classic running east-west to the north of the town, suggesting that the area was populated during and probably controlled by the. Limited coin finds indicate a presence, but no evidence of a settlement has been found in the town. Gorple Road running east from appears to follow the route of a road that may have crossed the present-day centre of town, on the way to the fort at. It has been claimed that the nearby of Ring Stones Camp , Twist Castle and Beadle Hill are of Roman origin, but little supporting information has been published. Following the Roman period, the area became part of the kingdom of , and then the kingdom of. Local place names and Habergham show the influence of the , suggesting that some had settled in the area by the early 7th century; some time later the land became part of the of. There is no definitive record of a settlement until after the. In 1122 a granted the church of Burnley to the of. In its early days, Burnley was a small farming community, gaining a in 1290, a market in 1294, and a in 1296. At this point, it was within the of , one of five that made up the , then a far more significant settlement, and consisted of no more than 50 families. Little survives of early Burnley apart from the , erected in 1295, which now stands in the grounds of the old grammar school, which is now an annexe of. Prosperous residents built larger houses, including in Padiham and. In 1532, St Peter's Church was largely rebuilt. Burnley's was founded in 1559, and moved into its own schoolhouse next to the church in 1602. Burnley began to develop in this period into a small. It is known that was established in the town by the middle of the 17th century, and in 1617 a new Market House was built. The town continued to be centred on St Peter's Church, until the market was moved to the bottom of what is today Road, at the end of the 18th century. Industrial Revolution Further information: In the second half of the 18th century, the manufacture of began to replace. Burnley's earliest known factories — dating from the mid-century — stood on the banks of the , close to where it is joined by the , and relied on to drive the. The first road through Burnley was begun in 1754, linking the town to and , and by the early 19th century, there were daily stagecoach journeys to , and , the latter taking just over two hours. The 18th century also saw the rapid development of on the : the and shallow of earlier centuries were replaced by deeper shafts, meeting industrial as well as domestic demand locally, and by 1800 there were over a dozen pits in the modern-day centre of the town alone. Burnley wharf on the The arrival of the in 1796 made possible transportation of goods in bulk, bringing a huge boost to the town's economy. Dozens of new mills were constructed, along with many and that supplied the and coal mines with machinery and and for construction. The town became renowned for its mill-engines, and the was recognised as one of the best in the world. A permanent military presence was established in the town with the completion of in 1820. Disaster struck the town in 1824, when first its only local bank known as Holgate's collapsed, forcing the closure of some of the largest mills. This was followed by a summer drought, which caused serious problems for many of the others, leading to high levels of unemployment and possibly contributing to the national. By 1830 there were 32 in cotton mills throughout the rapidly expanding town, an example of which, originally installed at Harle Syke Mill, is on display in the in London. At one time, the Park district modern-day town centre, around Parker St. In 1848 the 's extension from linked the town to the nation's nascent railway network for the first time. This was another significant boost to the local economy and, by 1851, the town's population had reached almost 21,000. The of 1861—1865, caused by the , was again disastrous for the town. However, the resumption of trade led to a quick recovery and, by 1866, the town was the largest producer of cotton cloth in the world. By the 1880s the town was manufacturing more looms than anywhere in the country. The Burnley Electric Lighting Order was granted in 1890, giving Burnley Corporation which already controlled the supply of water and the making and sale of gas a monopoly in the generation and sale of electricity in the town. The building of the coal-powered Electricity Works, in Grimshaw Street, began in 1891, close to the canal the site of the modern-day Tesco supermarket and the first supply was achieved on 22 August 1893, initially generating electricity for street lighting. The start of the 20th century saw Burnley's textile industry at the height of its prosperity. By 1910, there were approximately 99,000 in the town, and it reached its peak population of over 100,000 in 1911. By 1920, the had more than 20,000 members. However, the First World War heralded the beginning of the collapse of the English textiles industry and the start of a steady decline in the town's population. The was completed in the early 20th century. World Wars Over 4000 men from Burnley were killed in the First World War, about 15 per cent of the male working-age population. In 1926 a memorial to the fallen was erected in , funded by Caleb Thornber, former mayor and alderman of the borough to ensure the sacrifice of the men lost was commemorated. The local school of art created pages of vellum with the names of the fallen inscribed. These were framed in a rotating carousel in Towneley Hall for visitors to see. There were 2000 names inscribed — less than half the number of actual casualties. In the Second World War, two and eight , along with a large number of lesser awards, were awarded to servicemen from the town. Burnley escaped the bombing, largely because it was near the limit of German bomber range and close to higher value targets in Manchester. Although the was enforced, most of the aircraft in the sky above the town would have been friendly and on training missions, or returning to the factories for maintenance. Aircraft crashes did occur, however: In September 1942 a from the crashed near , and Black Hameldon Hill claimed a from in January 1943 and also a from the in February 1945. Notably they were involved with the 's failed attempts and 's later successful ones to produce 's pioneering design, the in. An unexpected benefit of the conflict for the residents of Burnley occurred in 1940. The and the and Companies moved from London to the town's Victoria Theatre. Burnley's main war memorial stands in Place de Vitry sur Seine next to the central library. Post-Second World War The , together with , first visited the town as well as and the valve factory at near in 1955. There were widespread celebrations in the town in the summer of 1960, when won the old to become Football League champions. The Queen paid a second official visit to the town in summer 1961, marking the 100th anniversary of Burnley's borough status. The rest of the decade saw large-scale redevelopment in the town. Many buildings were including the market hall, the cattle market, the Odeon cinema and thousands of mainly terraced houses. New construction projects included the Charter Walk shopping centre, Centenary way and its , the Keirby Hotel, a new central bus station, Trafalgar flats, and a number of office blocks. The town's largest coal mine, , closed in April 1971 resulting in the loss of 571 jobs. The area of the mine has been restored as a park. In 1980 Burnley was connected to the motorway network, through the construction of the first and second sections of the. Although the route, next to the railway and over the former Clifton colliery site, was chosen to minimise the clearance of occupied land, Yatefield, Olive Mount and Whittlefield Mills, Burnley Barracks, and several hundred more had to be demolished. Unusually this route passed close to the town centre and had a partitioning effect on the districts of Gannow, , Whittlefield, Rose Grove and Lowerhouse to the north. The 1980s and 1990s saw massive expansion of and Whittlefield. Developers such as , and Wainhomes built large , predominantly on. In summer 1992, the town came to national attention following rioting on the Stoops and Hargher Clough in the south west of the town. In June 2001, during the , the town again received national attention following a series of violent disturbances arising from tensions between some of its White and Asian residents. Burnley was incorporated as a in 1861, and became, under the , a outside the administrative county of Lancashire. Under the Burnley's status was abolished, and it was incorporated with neighbouring areas into the of. Burnley has three tiers of government: responsibilities are shared by and ; at a national level the town gives its name to a seat in the and as a result is subject to the. While the town itself is unparished, the rest of the borough has one further, bottom tier of government, the. Local:Borough See also: Burnley Borough Council is currently governed by the Labour Party. The mayor — a ceremonial post, which rotates annually — is currently Andrew Tatchell. The borough comprises 15 , 12 of which — Bank Hall, Briercliffe, Brunshaw, Coal Clough with Deerplay, Daneshouse with Stoneyholme, Gannow, Lanehead, Queensgate, Rosegrove with Lowerhouse, Rosehill with Burnley Wood, Trinity, and Whittlefield with Ightenhill — fall within the town itself. The remaining three — Cliviger with Worsthorne, Gawthorpe, and Hapton with Park, cover the neighbouring town of and a number of villages. Local:County Main article: is currently controlled by the and has been since 2017. They have had only one other term in power between 2009 — 2013, the rest of the time from 1981, the Council has been under control. National The as it flows through Burnley The town lies in a natural three-forked at the of the and the , surrounded by open fields, with wild at higher altitudes. To the west of Burnley lie the towns of , and , with and to the north. The centre of the town stands at approximately 387 feet 118 m above sea level and 30 miles 48 km east of the coast. Areas in the town include: , , , , Daneshouse, , Burnley Lane, Heasandford, Brunshaw, Pike Hill, Gannow, , Whittlefield, Rose Grove, Habergham, and Lowerhouse. Although is considered to be a suburb of the town, it is actually part of the neighbouring borough of. To the north west of the town, and home of the , is the imposing , which rises to 1,827 feet 557 m , beyond which lie and the. To the south west, the Hameldon Hills rise to 1,342 feet 409 m , on top of which are the north west England , a radio transmitter, and a number of communication towers. This site was the first place in the UK chosen for an unmanned weather radar, beginning operation in 1979; it is one of 18 that cover the British Isles. Also since 2007 the three turbines of the Hameldon Hill wind farm have stood on its northern flank. To the east of the town lie the 1,677 feet 511 m and the moors of the , and to the south, the. On the hills above the area to the south east of the town stands , whose white turbines are visible from most of the town. Built in 1992 amidst local controversy, it was one of the first wind farm projects in the UK. Nearby, the landmark Award-winning , overlooking the town from the hills at Crown Point, was installed in 2006. Due to its hilly terrain and mining history, rural areas of modern Burnley encroach on the urban ones to within a mile of the town centre on the south, north west and north east. The passes six miles 10 km east of Burnley; the , part of the , the and the offer riders and walkers clearly signed routes through the countryside immediately surrounding the town. Burnley has a climate, with relatively cool summers and mild winters. There is regular but generally light throughout the year, contributing to a relatively high level. While occasionally occurs during the winter months, the temperature is rarely low enough for it to build up on the ground in any quantity. The town is believed to be the first place in the UK where regular rainfall measurements were taken by , beginning in 1677. The compared Total population 87,059 7,052,177 53,012,456 Foreign born 7. The town is the main population centre in the Burnley-Nelson urban area, which has an estimated population of over 150,000; for comparison purposes, this is about the same size as , or. At that time the racial composition of the wider the was 91. The largest religious groups were Christian 74. In the these figures had changed to 87. The ONS annual population survey for the year Apr 2013 — Mar 2014 showed that 63. The majority of its Asian residents living in the neighbouring Daneshouse and districts. In total, the size of its Asian community is much smaller than those in nearby towns such as and. In February 2010, the reported that Burnley topped figures for the highest number of burglaries per head in England and Wales between April 2008 — April 2009. This claim minus the dates was repeated during one of the questions in the first of the televised. However, in May 2010 the Local Crime Mapping System believed to be the source of the data in the report listed a 49. Burnley has some of the lowest property prices in the country, with numerous streets appearing in the annual mouseprice. These streets are concentrated in areas of in poorer adjacent to the. Between 2005 and 2010 approximately £65m of funds was invested into these areas through the Elevate East Lancashire housing market renewal company replaced by Regenerate Pennine Lancashire in 2010. Year 1911 1921 1931 1939 1951 1961 1971 2001 Population 106,322 103,157 89,258 85,400 84,987 80,559 76,489 73,021 Burnley Market, Charter Walk In 2013, Burnley was awarded an Enterprising Britain award from the UK Government for being the 'Most Enterprising Area in the UK'. This accolade subsequently received praise from the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, and His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales. A series of high-profile regeneration schemes, including: a direct rail link to Manchester, an aerospace supply village and multimillion-pound investment in the former Victorian industrial heartland through a project called 'On The Banks' are radically transforming the economy of the Lancashire town. Although traditional manufacturing has been in decline in the town for several decades, high end advanced manufacturing remains very strong in the town. The last deep coal mine, , closed in February 1981 and the last steam-powered mill, , in 1982. Over the next two decades, Burnley's three largest manufacturers closed their factories: BEP in 1992, Prestige in July 1997 and in 2002. The town has struggled to recover: its employment growth between 1995 and 2004 placed it 55th of England's 56 largest towns and cities, and as of 2007 it was the 21st most deprived local authority out of 354 in the United Kingdom. In 2016, a study by the put Rochdale, Burnley and Bolton at top of a list of the 74 largest UK cities and towns faring worst compared with UK trends. The largest employment sector in the town is now Health 21% , followed by Manufacturing 16%. Home shopping firm announced in January 2010 that it was to close its Burnley call centre with the loss of 450 jobs. The company, which owns , Additions Direct, Very, Empire Stores and Marshall Ward, had been in the town for over 30 years, originally as but now known as. A further large business park called Burnley Bridge, on a site near formerly belonging to Hepworth Plastics has recently opened. Key manufacturing employers today are in highly specialised fields: aerospace , subsidiary Unison Engine Components aerospace , professional audio , and and Futaba- UK automotive components. In 2011 Gardner Aerospace, which made parts or the , closed its site, with the loss of 120 jobs. The town has also had a long association with Services, providing its main training facility and an important call centre. Endsleigh acquired a number of the former Burnley Building Society's properties in the town centre following its merger with the Provincial Building Society and subsequent merger with the Abbey National. It also hosts the head office of chain. In 2004, the Lancashire Digital Technology Centre was opened by Sir on land formerly occupied by the Michelin factory, to provide support and incubation space for start-up technology companies. The rest of the Michelin site has recently been opened as Innovation Drive, a new business park aimed at businesses in the Aerospace and Advanced Manufacturing supply chain. Burnley's main shopping area is St James Street, along with the nearby Charter Walk Shopping Centre. The claimed to have opened the largest in the UK in 2009, when they temporarily took over the former store in the centre. The shopping centre was sold in 2001 by to Sapphire Retail Fund, which was 50% owned by. The centre was bought in March 2011 by Addington Capital following the 2010 collapse of Sapphire Retail Fund. The centre incorporates the council-run market which is open four days a week. The town centre is home to a large number of multiples, along with other shops, including specialist food shops, independent record shops and an independent bookshop. On the edge of the town centre, there are four ; there are also a number of. Plans have been in place since 2004 to construct a second town centre shopping centre, originally called 'The Oval'. By the time a sufficient number of tenants had signed up to begin construction, the effects of the cast doubts over the project. In early 2011 fresh plans were released for a considerably smaller scheme involving a cluster of retail units. The site is now earmarked for a cinema and restaurants and is due to open in 2016 As well as Woolworths, the financial crisis has also led to the closure of several other shops in the last few years, including , , and but has gained new high street names in large retail units including Next and River Island. The Market Square is currently under redevelopment with a number of retailers already moved in and more said to be 'signed up' to move in once the development is complete. As well as traditional motor , the town is home to the second Motorpoint in the UK, The local brewery, , which was founded in 1865, produces a range of award-winning beers — including the very popular Pride of Pendle and Blond Witch — and currently operates six pubs in the area. The Worsthorne Brewing Company produces a number of cask ales including Chestnut Mare, Packhorse, Foxstones Bitter, Some Like It Blonde, Old Trout, Collier's Clog and Winter Ales. Reedley Hallows Brewery, whose ales include Old Laund Booth and Pendleside was launched in 2012 by the former Head Brewer at Moorhouses. Medland Taylor, and was restored in 1898 by the architects. It is designated a Grade II listed building. There are many other places of worship including those for , , , , , and. The chapel at was the centre for worship in Burnley until modern times. Well before the , the town saw the emergence of many churches and chapels. In 1891 the town was the location of the meeting which saw the creation of the. Burnley has ten , with the first purpose-built premises opening in 2009. A total of 17 religious buildings or structures are designated as — all Grade II by. Leeds and Liverpool Canal Along the Burnley section of the canal are a number of notable features. The 3,675-foot 1,120 m long and up to 60-foot 18. It is regarded as one of the original seven wonders of the British. The much more modern 1980 Whittlefield motorway aqueduct is believed to be the first time a canal aqueduct was constructed over a motorway in the UK. Weavers' Triangle The is an area west of Burnley town centre, consisting mostly of 19th-century industrial buildings, clustered around the. The area has been identified as being of significant historical interest as the cotton mills and associated buildings encapsulate the social and economic development of the town and its weaving industry. From the 1980s, the area has been the focus of major redevelopment efforts. Singing Ringing Tree The Singing Ringing Tree, overlooking Burnley The is a resembling a tree, set in the landscape of the , 2 miles 3. Completed in 2006, it is part of the series of four sculptures within the arts and regeneration project created by the East Lancashire Environmental Arts Network ELEAN. The project was set up to erect a series of 21st-century landmarks, or Panopticons structures providing a comprehensive view , across East as symbols of the of the area. Designed by architects Mike Tonkin and Anna Liu of Tonkin Liu, the Singing Ringing Tree is a 9. Some of the pipes are primarily structural and aesthetic elements, while others have been cut across their width enabling the sound. The and singing qualities of the tree were produced by tuning the pipes according to their length by adding holes to the underside of each. In 2007 the sculpture was one of 14 winners of the National Award of the RIBA for architectural excellence. Towneley Hall Towneley Hall in on the eastern edge of town was the home of the Towneley family for more than 500 years. Various family members were influential in the scientific, technological and religious developments which took place in the 17th and 18th centuries. The male line of the family died out in 1878 and in 1901 one of the daughters, Lady O'Hagan, sold the house together with 62 acres 25 ha of land to Burnley Corporation. The hall contains the 15th-century vestments and has its own chapel, which contains a finely carved altarpiece made in Antwerp in about 1525. Burnley bus station Burnley is served by Junctions 9, 10 and 11 of the , which runs west to , and where it connects to the , and northeast to and. From the town centre, the runs to , the to , the to , and the a nearby rural section of which has been classified as Britain's most dangerous road south to and north east to and the. The skirts the western edge of the town, linking to the heading towards and the. Rail services to and from Burnley are provided by. The town has four railway stations: , , and. A fifth station, , serves and to the west of the town, but inside the borough. Manchester Road station has an hourly semi-fast service west to the nearest station on the and , and east to and , whilst the Central and Barracks stations provide an hourly stopping service west to and Preston, and east to and. In May 2015 a direct train service to Manchester and onwards to Wigan Wallgate was reinstated. This provides a direct route to for the first time in over fifty years with the construction of a short section of track at the Hall Royd Junction of the known as the curve. This has reduced the journey time between Burnley and central Manchester from around 1 hour and 25 minutes via Blackburn and Bolton and 1 hour and 4 minutes via Hebden Bridge to approximately 45 minutes via Todmorden and Rochdale where connections via Oldham are possible. In preparation for this new direct service a new Manchester Road station building including a ticket office and waiting rooms has recently been completed, which has made Manchester Road the new principal station for the town , designed by Manchester-based SBS Architects, won the UK Bus Award for Infrastructure in 2003. The main bus operator is , with Tyrer Bus operating some tendered town services. Other services are provided by 589 to , 592 to , 152 to , Pennine 215 to , and 483 to. The town has good bus links into. The X43 operated by Burnley Bus Company runs from Skipton, to Manchester via , , , Burnley, and using a fleet of specially branded. The fastest journeys take 59 minutes. On Sundays, the service continues further on from Skipton to the nearby town of in the. Burnley does not have an airport, but there are four international airports within an hour's travel of the town: at 31 miles 50 km , at 41 miles 66 km , at 24 miles 39 km , and at 33 miles 53 km. Since 2009, the Reedley Marina has provided a 100-berth facility, on the on the northern edge of town. The club has played its home matches at since 1883, where attendance currently averages over 20,000. The club is very well supported in the town, and holds the record for the highest ratio of match attendance to town population in the country. It was one of the 12 founder members of in 1888 and is one of only five English league clubs to have been champions of all four professional league divisions along with , , and. Nicknamed The Clarets, they played the season in the , since they last played in the top flight of English football, and since they won it , returning to the Premier League for the and the seasons. They have played in this division ever since the latter season. There are two members of the in the town. England Cricketer started his career at Burnley Cricket Club and TV used to play for them. Burnley is also home to formerly Calder Vale Rugby Club 1926—2001. They field three senior sides, with teams at most junior age groups, and play at Holden Road, the site of Belvedere and Calder Vale Sports Club. Rugby League is represented in the town by Burnley and Pendle Lions RLFC. They train and play their home games at Prairie Sports Village. They are in the North West Men's Merit League. Burnley Tornados is the American Football club in the town. Burnley held greyhound racing and at , that existed from 1927 until 1935. Burnley has good public sporting facilities for a town of its size. The £29m St Peter's Centre opened in 2006 offers , and a , while the nearby Spirit of Sport complex includes a large sports hall, and several indoor courts and outdoor synthetic pitches. There is an outdoor athletics track at Barden Lane, where the Burnley Athletic Club meets. For golfers, there are both 9-hole and 18-hole municipal at , along with an 18-hole course. Burnley Golf Club have a private course, established in 1905 above the town in Habergham Eaves. There are tennis courts at Towneley Park, and at the Burnley Lawn Tennis Club, as well as eleven around the town, and a £235,000 at Queens Park, which opened in 2003. There are also basketball, caving and judo clubs in the town. In 2001, the private Crow Wood Leisure Centre was established in countryside on the edge of the town, offering a combination of fitness facilities, racquet and equestrian sports. In 2013 Crow Wood opened its own day Spa, the Woodland Spa, which was named Day Spa of the Year at the Professional Beauty Awards 2014, just one year after opening. Museums and galleries On the outskirts of the town there are galleries in two , the Burnley council-owned and in , which is owned by Lancashire County Council and managed by the. There are also two local museums: the Weavers' Triangle Trust operates the Visitor Centre and Museum of Local History in the historic surroundings of the , while the is unique as the world's only surviving steam driven cotton weaving shed. Mid Pennine Arts were instrumental in the project and run exhibitions and creative learning projects across the town and wider area. Parks There are several large parks in the town, including , once the for the 15th century , and three winners of the , including Queen's Park, which hosts a summer season of concerts each year, and Thompson Park, which has a boating lake and. The other parks include Scott Park, Ightenhill Park and Thursby Gardens. A greenway route linking Burnley Central Station along a former mineral line and incorporating the former Bank Hall colliery and reclaimed landfill site at Heasandford extends out of the town towards Worsthorne at Rowley Lake. The lake was constructed in the 1980s as a means to divert the river Brun away from former mine workings that were causing significant pollution of the river. Activities Theatre, originally a There is a modern 24-lane ten pin bowling centre on Finsley Gate, operated by 1st Bowl. A 9-screen opened in 1995 with 3 screens as of 2010 , operated by. The town's theatre, named after its former use as a Mechanics Institute, hosts touring comedians and musical acts and amateur dramatics. In 2005, moved into a second, purpose-built £1. Festivals Each year Burnley hosts the two-day Burnley International Rock and Blues Festival, which started as the Burnley National Blues Festival in 1988. The renamed festival moved from Easter to the early. The festival introduced a new logo, website and branding in a bid to attract new and younger audiences, and to encourage cross-town participation with a 'Little America' theme. It is one of the largest festivals in the country, drawing fans from all over Britain and beyond to venues spread across the town. In the 1970s the town was also an important venue for and several local pubs still hold regular Northern soul nights. In recent years the town has also hosted the annual in and a science festival at UCLan's local university campus. A is usually held around the second weekend in July at , which is also the venue for the town's main celebration. Nightlife Hammerton Street, one of Burnley's main areas for nightlife Major bars and in Burnley include Macs, Projekt, BB11, Koko's, the Mix, Pharaoh's, The Jungle, Mr Green's, Mojitos, Remedy, Smackwater Jack's Bar, Inside-Out and Sanctuary Rock Bar. There are also chain-owned bars, such as and. Curzon Street in Burnley was also the site of the legendary nightclub. Burnley has a small , centred on the Guys as Dolls showbar in St James Street. In 1971 the granting of a licence to the town's first gay club, The Esquire, caused considerable controversy, with Tory Deputy council leader, Alderman Frank Bailey, suggesting that the building be bought by the corporation to stop the plan. The Burnley Miners' Club is the world's largest consumer of the French liqueur, and has its own Bénédictine Lounge. Media Local radio for Burnley and its surrounding area is currently provided by and. There are two local newspapers: the , published on Tuesdays and Fridays, and the daily , which publishes a local edition for Burnley and. Two free advertisem*nt-supported newspapers, The Citizen and The Reporter, are posted to homes throughout the town. Burnley was one of seven sites chosen to be part of 's in which a group of 15 young people from all over the town commissioned artist to create a piece of. Appearance in television and cinema Parts of the 1961 British film , and the two television series and , were filmed in the town. Burnley was the location of Social Services in the first series of Juliet Bravo, and Burnley Library was used for exterior shots of the in the series. Numerous locations in the town were used in the 1996—1998 BBC. Ashfield Road, which runs between the Burnley College and DIY superstore, was used as a film location in the 1951 film. It has also featured in the following BBC documentaries: 's Industrial Age E2; 1999 , ' E1; 2001 , and 's 2009 , as well as episode , and 's The Re-Inventors 2006. The canal embankment featured in the 2007 documentary Locks and Quays S2 E9 and two families in Burnley have been featured in the ITV series S6 E28 and S7 E70. See also: was first established in St Peter's Church in 1559, with its first headmaster a former priest, Gilbert Fairbank. In 1602, one of the governors, John Towneley, paid for a new schoolhouse to be built in the churchyard; the school moved again in 1876 to a new building on Bank Parade, which can still be seen today. The first technical school, in Elizabeth Street, was erected in 1892. The equivalent school for girls, Burnley Girls' High School, was established in 1909 on a site in Ormerod Road along with the Technical School and Art School later moving to Kiddrow Lane in the 1960s. Mary's Roman Catholic Schools. The borough completed the move to in 1981. Secondary Schools: Habergham mixed , Ivy Bank mixed , Gawthorpe mixed , Towneley mixed , Barden boys , Walshaw girls , St Theodores RC boys , St Hilda's RC Girls. In 2003 a plan was devised to replace all the secondary schools in the town as part of the first wave of a nationwide programme funded by the called. Funding was secured in 2004 and in 2006 the new schools opened in the buildings of their predecessors. Today there are still five 11—16 secondary schools: School Locality Description Ofsted Website Burnley Secondary school Burnley Secondary school Burnley Secondary school Secondary school Burnley Secondary school Shuttleworth College moved into new buildings in 2008, Sir John Thursby in 2009, and Blessed Trinity, Hameldon and Unity in 2010. Apprenticeship courses provided over 1000 local apprenticeship places in 2013, within businesses across Pennine Lancashire. Burnley College in partnership with the UCLan Burnley also provides and 70. Burnley College moved to a new £80 million campus, in partnership with the , off Princess Way in 2009. It achieved 'outstanding' status in that year's OFSTED inspection. The inspection awarded the College 54 out of 54 areas grade one status. The Mohiuddin Trust charity subsequently purchased the former College site for £2m, and opened the Mohiuddin International Girls' College in October 2010. Attainment The town's educational attainment has continued to improve over the last few years. In 2012, 82% of children at the end of achieved Level 4 or above in English and 81% in Mathematics. See also: Art , the winner of the 2010 , was born and educated in the town. The studied and later taught at the former Burnley School of Art. Entertainment Possibly the best-known Burnley figure in the field of entertainment is actor and who was born in the town in 1939. There is a blue plaque on the house where he lived, but where he says he was not born. Other actors born in the town include , , , , , , , , and. Screenwriter , creator of , and television producer and executive were also born here. Burnley rock band in 2012 Musicians born in the town include , , and all of , bassist in , classical composer , the DJ ,Record Producer Ady Hall of Sugar House and young soprano. The 19th-century author and clergyman wrote his most famous work, Her Benny 1879 , while living in Burnley. Crime writer is another native of the town, as are journalist and broadcaster and author and documentary maker. Politics and the church of former Conservative and former and , , MP for , and the diplomat Sir were born in Burnley, as was the 16th-century. Military , commander of the at the , was married to a Hargreaves coal heiress and lived at Bank Hall. Science and industry Engineer Sir was born and educated in the town. Moore's contemporary, , pioneered many scientific and technological developments at. Scottish pioneer lived and practised medicine in the town for more than a quarter of a century. 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The town's theatre, named after its former use as a Mechanics Institute, hosts touring comedians and musical acts and amateur dramatics. Local dating burnley 2 January 2018. Other services are provided by 589 to592 to152 toPennine 215 toand 483 to. Of course, there is no commitment when you use a chat room and you may just use it to arrange local hook ups or even just to test out the site and see if you like it. Nearby, the landmark Award-winningoverlooking the town from the hills at Crown Point, was installed in 2006. Apprenticeship courses provided over 1000 local apprenticeship places in 2013, within businesses across Pennine Lancashire. Retrieved 9 December 2015. Burnley Golf Club have a private course, established in 1905 above the town in Habergham Eaves.
