Pleasington Priory, Blackburn

Name: Pleasington Priory
Address: Blackburn, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1254 201173

#12 among attractions in Blackburn

Gothic Revival architecture, Church

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Facts and practical information

Pleasington Priory, or the Church of St Mary and St John Baptist, is a Catholic church in the village of Pleasington, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner describes it as being "an astonishing church", and the citation in the National Heritage List for England states it is an "exceptional form of Catholic chapel for the period before Emancipation". ()

Completed: 1819 (205 years ago)Architectural style: Gothic revivalCoordinates: 53°44'6"N, 2°32'34"W

Address

Blackburn United Kingdom

Contact

+44 1254 201173

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Day trips

Pleasington Priory – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Immanuel Church, Witton Country Park, Pleasington Golf Club, Livesey.

0.6 miS
Church
Immanuel Church
15 min walk • Immanuel Church is in the village of Feniscowles, near Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Blackburn with Darwen, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
1.1 miNE
Park
Witton Country Park, Blackburn
29 min walk • Witton Country Park is a 480-acre public park in the west of Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Around half of the country park is mixed woodland and parkland, while the rest is either farmland or rough grassland with open access.
0.4 miS
53°43'47"N • 2°32'44"W
Pleasington Golf Club, Blackburn
10 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
1.4 miSE
Neighbourhood
Livesey, Blackburn
36 min walk • Livesey is a civil parish in the unitary borough of Blackburn with Darwen, in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 6,202.
1.1 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Witton Weavers Way, Blackburn
29 min walk • Witton Weavers Way is a waymarked long-distance footpath in Lancashire in England.