Pleasington

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Pleasington

Coordinates53.73°, -2.54°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

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, reducing to 446 at the 2011 census.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Leonora Carrington

British-born Mexican artist, painter and novelist (1917–2011)

Kathleen Ferrier

English contralto singer (1912–1953)

Gordon Birtwistle

British politician (born 1943)

Edward Baines

British politician (1774-1848)

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Samuel Ryder

English entrepreneur and sports promoter (1858-1936)

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Peter John Haworth Doyle

Catholic bishop

Ian McCulloch

English snooker player

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Martin Dobson

English footballer and manager (born 1948)

Walter Crook

English footballer and manager (1912-1988)

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George Bray

English footballer (1918-2002)

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Jamie Hacking

British motorcycle racer

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James Bilsborrow

Catholic archbishop (1862–1931)

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Albert McInroy

English footballer (1901-1985)

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Bethell Robinson

Footballer (1861-1933)

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Bill Caddick

British musician

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Christine Walkden

British television presenter

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in England

• Wheelton
  4.2 mi away
• Chorley
  6.5 mi away
• Leyland
  7 mi away
• Longridge
  7.2 mi away
• Broughton
  9.1 mi away
• Padiham
  10.5 mi away
• Garstang
  15 mi away
• Walkden
  15.6 mi away
• Burscough
  15.8 mi away
• Worsley
  17.4 mi away
• Ormskirk
  18.1 mi away
• Lytham St Annes
  18.7 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Brimstone Moth

Opisthograptis luteolata

Seen 2026-09-22

Rough Violet Ground Beetle

Carabus problematicus

Seen 2026-09-21

Pale Tussock Moth

Calliteara pudibunda

Seen 2026-09-21

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

Seen 2026-09-21

Common Snowberry

Symphoricarpos albus

Seen 2026-09-21

Common Wood-Pigeon

Columba palumbus

Seen 2026-09-21

Garden Carpet

Xanthorhoe fluctuata

Seen 2026-09-21

Shuttle-shaped Dart

Agrotis puta

Seen 2026-09-21

Beautiful Hook-tip

Laspeyria flexula

Seen 2026-09-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers