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  Little Harwood Shown within Blackburn Show map of Blackburn Little Harwood Shown within Blackburn with Darwen Show map of Blackburn with Darwen | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Blackburn |
| Postcode district | BB1, BB2 |
| Dialling code | 01254 |
| Police | Lancashire |
| Fire | Lancashire |
| Ambulance | North West |
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Little Harwood is a suburb ofBlackburn in theBlackburn with Darwen district, in the ceremonial county ofLancashire, England, situated at the northern edge of the town.[1]
Located within the ward are areas of mixed housing, industrial units and open land, including BlackburnCemetery.
Little Harwood is a multi-cultural place and there are manymosques andchurches in the suburb to cater for the various religious denominations of Blackburn and its surrounding areas.
The Little Harwood Clock Tower was unveiled in 1923 and the hourly chime can still be heard in memory of the local lads that fell during the two World Wars. Its gardens are maintained regularly by council gardeners and provide a quiet alternative to the busy Whalley Old Road.
There are two state-funded schools located in the ward of Little Harwood: St Stephen's CE Primary School andTauheedul Islam Boys' High School. St Stephen's was formed 2010 when an infants and junior school combined on one site on Robinson Street at a multi-coloured rectangular building costing around £7million. Tauheedul Islam Boys' High School is afree school which opened in 2012. There are also twoprivate schools within the ward of Little Harwood; Madressa-e-Islamia Educational Centre and Jamiatul-llm Wal Huda UK School.
Little Harwood was formerly atownship in the parish of Blackburn,[2] in 1866 Little Harwood became a separatecivil parish, on 25 March 1893 the parish was abolished and merged with Blackburn.[3] In 1891 the parish had a population of 1190.[4] It is now in theunparished area of Blackburn.
Little Harwood is well known as the birthplace ofJack Walker, owner ofWalker Steel andFlybe and benefactor ofBlackburn Rovers FC, whose parents lived on Whalley Old Road.
