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Beardwood, Blackburn — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Part of the medieval Witton Old Hall survives in Beardwood, a village suburb on the western edge of Blackburn, close to the village of Mellor.
About Beardwood
Where to stay in Beardwood
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Three dedications and one medieval fragment: St Silas' Church, St Mark's Church, St Luke's Church and the surviving part of Witton Old Hall by Feniscliffe Bridge are what a visitor finds in Beardwood, and not one of them lets rooms. Blackburn does the lodging. Beardwood pays off for you when the day belongs to the Witton Old Hall ground, to a service at St Luke's Church, or to the road out towards Mellor.
About Beardwood
What are the main landmarks in Beardwood?
St Silas' Church, St Mark's Church and St Luke's Church make up the ecclesiastical part of the Beardwood list, while the older entry is the surviving part of Witton Old Hall, a medieval lordly residence recorded north east of Feniscliffe Bridge. A listed address at 187, Redlam closes it. Five names in all.
What is the history of Beardwood?
The medieval thread runs through Witton Old Hall, whose surviving part is recorded as a lordly residence north east of Feniscliffe Bridge, and the parish thread through St Silas' Church, St Mark's Church and St Luke's Church. No year is given for the suburb. Blackburn, in Lancashire, grew as the administrative centre of the borough it shares with Darwen.
Mellor lies close by.
Where is Beardwood?
Beardwood occupies the western edge of Blackburn, a few miles out from the town centre and close to the village of Mellor, in Lancashire.
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Updated September 2026