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Darwen Jubilee Tower

Darwen Hill, Lancashire

A tower celebrating the people who won back their moor.

Darwen Tower was built in 1898 for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, and also to celebrate a long fight by local people to win the right to walk on Darwen Moor, which landowners had closed. It stands 26 metres high on the hilltop, and its top gives views to Blackpool Tower and the Lake District.

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When
1898
Where
53.6840, -2.4710
Group
Towers & follies

Visiting

Free, reached by moorland paths from Darwen.

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