Brownhill

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Brownhill
Brownhill shown within Lancashire
Population	5,948
OS grid reference	SD685310
Unitary authority	Blackburn with Darwen
Ceremonial county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BLACKBURN
Postcode district	BB1
Dialling code	01254
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North West
European Parliament	North West England
UK Parliament	Blackburn
List of places: UK • England • Lancashire

Coordinates: 53°46′30″N 2°28′37″W / 53.775, -2.477

For other uses, see Brown Hill.

Brownhill is a suburb of Blackburn, in the unitary borough of Blackburn with Darwen, in Lancashire, England. It is situated to the north-east of the town centre, and it has an estimated population of around 5948 ^[1], 20% of which are from an ethnic minority background. Other nearby places include Ramsgreave, Wilpshire and Sunnybower.

Brownhill sports a number of local businesses including Brownhill Pharmacy, Brownhill Post Office, Brownhill Arms (situated approximately 0.3 miles from Ramsgreave and Wilpshire railway station^[2]) and Videorama.

In the centre of Brownhill is the junction of the A666 Whalley New Road and A6119 Blackburn Ring Road; when the ring road was built in the 1920s^{[citation needed]} it was a roundabout with the Blackburn to Wilpshire tram route through the middle.^[3]

Brownhill has three churches: Holy Souls (Roman Catholic), St Gabriels (Church of England) and Trinity (Congregational). St Gabriel's is located on Brownhill Drive, and was built in 1933^[4] to replace the original St Gabriel's Church, which was situated on Pearl Street. St Gabriel's is now somewhat of a famous Blackburnian landmark over due to its 'light-up' red cross, which was installed in 1964^[5], can be seen as far away as Clayton-le-Moors (approximately 8 miles).

The BP garage in Brownhill offers 24-hour fuel, off licence and grocery services.