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[[image:arms-darwen.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Arms of the former Darwen Borough Council]]

'''Darwen''' is a small [[market town]] in [[Lancashire]], lying to the edge of the [[West Pennine Moors]].'''Darwen as an area also lies within the West Pennine Moors. I am sick and tired of my entry being deleted by yourself whoever you are!. If you persist I will erasemake theit wholemy ofbusiness theto stubhave inyou retaliation againpunished and againI untildon't yougive learna somedamn respectwhat because editing is one thing it is another when you willfullythe deletewikipedia atrules willsay!!!. By the way I am a native of Darwen and take the repeated deletion as an insult! I know what I am talking about!! Just stop it and have some respect for the contribution of others !!!!! What you are doing is pure malice!! Is this too much to ask?????''' Previously part of the [[Blackburn]] administrative district of Lancashire, Darwen became part of [[Blackburn with Darwen]], a new [[unitary authority]] and [[administrative county]] in [[April 1998]]. The town is spread along the route of the [[A666 road]], which joins Darwen to its bigger neighbours, [[Blackburn]] to the north, and [[Bolton]] to the south. It has a [[Darwen railway station|railway station]] and is on the [[Ribble Valley Line]].

The [[River Darwen]] passes through the town, subsequently joining the [[River Ribble]], one of the longest rivers in north-west England. It has been claimed that the name Darwen stems from Dwrgwyn, from [[Old Welsh]] ''dwr'' or "water" and ''gwyn'' [[Brythonic]] for "white" or "clear". Thus the name may mean "clear water" {{citation needed}}. Other authorities trace the word to Brythonic ''derw'', oak. <ref>John Field ''Placenames of Britain and Ireland'' p 58</ref> <ref>Kenneth Cameron ''English Placenames'' p 38</ref> This is supported by the older name Derewent.