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Nestled in the narrow valley of the River Darwen and overshadowed by the West Pennine Moors, Darwen is a market town where the landscape still dictates the pace of life. You can’t miss the Jubilee Tower - or "Darwen Tower" as most call it - which has stood atop Beacon Fell since 1898; it was built by locals to celebrate the right to walk across the surrounding moorland, and the climb up offers a clear view across Lancashire towards the coast on a good day. The town’s layout reflects its industrial roots in textiles and wallpaper, with rows of sturdy stone terraces rising steeply from the valley floor. Today, the town centre remains functional and centered around the Victorian market hall and the circus area, while the A666 provides a direct, if often busy, link northward into Blackburn or south toward the M65 and Bolton. It is a place where you are never more than a ten-minute walk from a steep incline and open green space, though that proximity to the hills means it tends to catch more than its fair share of the Pennine rain.