Pleasington

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Pleasington
Pleasington shown within Lancashire
Population	467 (2001)
OS grid reference	SD642263
Parish	Pleasington
Unitary authority	Blackburn with Darwen
Ceremonial county	Lancashire
Region	North West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BLACKBURN
Postcode district	BB2
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°44′02″N 2°32′38″W / 53.7338, -2.544

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.^[1]

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".^[2]

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.^[3] It is one of only two Grade I Listed buildings in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen.^[4]

Pleasington Old Hall is another historic building, built in 1587^[5], and is Grade II Listed^[6]. A nature reserve [1] near the hall was declared in 2006.^[7]

Also near the village is Pleasington Playing Fields, a large outdoor sports facility with 12 football pitches^[8] opened in 1963 by the Duke of Edinburgh as King George's Fields.^[9]. Witton Country Park is connected to the playing fields by a bridge over the River Darwen. Overlooking the area is Pleasington Cemetery, the main cemetery and crematorium for the Blackburn area.

Pleasington is on the National Cycle Network Route 6, one of the main national bicycle routes in the UK, which is planned to connect Windsor to The Lake District.