Pleasington

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{{Infobox UK place

|static_image_name = Pleasington Priory.jpg

|static_image_caption = Pleasington Priory

| population = 446

| population_ref = (2011)

| official_name= Pleasington

| country= England

| region= North West England

| os_grid_reference=SD642263

| post_town= BLACKBURN

| postcode_area= BB

| postcode_district= BB2

| dial_code= 01254

| constituency_westminster= Blackburn

| civil_parish= Pleasington

| unitary_england= Blackburn with Darwen

| lieutenancy_england=Lancashire

| coordinates = {{coord|53.733|-2.544|display=inline,title}}

| pushpin_map = United Kingdom Blackburn with Darwen

| pushpin_map_caption = Shown within Blackburn with Darwen

}}

Pleasington ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|l|ɛ|z|ɪ|ŋ|t|ən}}) is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It had a population of 467 in the 2001 census,[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk Neighbourhood Statistics Home Page] reducing to 446 at the 2011 census.{{NOMIS2011|id=1170211127|title=Pleasington Parish|accessdate=8 February 2018}}

It is a rural village set on a hillside above the River Darwen. The village was listed in the Domesday Book as Plesigtune, a name which means "a settlement owned by Plessa's People".[http://www.blackburncitizen.co.uk/leisure/touristguide/display.var.947207.0.tourist_guide_to_pleasington.php Tourist Guide To Pleasington (from Blackburn Citizen)]

Pleasington railway station is on the East Lancashire Line with trains to destinations including the nearby towns of Blackburn and Preston.

The Roman Catholic Church of St Mary and St John Baptist [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Pleasington/StMaryandStJohntheBaptist.shtml] in the village is known as Pleasington Priory and was built between 1816 and 1819 in a Gothic style.[http://www.lancashirechurches.co.uk/pleasington.htm Lancashire Churches – Pleasington] It is one of only two Grade I Listed buildings in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?LANGUAGE=eng&pageID=1338 |title=Pleasington Priory |access-date=16 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928051751/http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?LANGUAGE=eng&pageID=1338 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}

Pleasington Old Hall is another historic building, built in 1587,[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Pleasington/ GENUKI: Pleasington, Lancashire genealogy] and is Grade II Listed.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?language=eng&pageID=1343 |title=Listed Buildings |access-date=16 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928060255/http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?language=eng&pageID=1343 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead }} A nature reserve[http://www.lancswt.org.uk/Our%20Reserves/pleasington_old_hall_wood_&_wildlife_garden.htm] near the hall was declared in 2006.{{Cite web |url=http://www.english-nature.gov.uk/text_version/special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?ID=1327 |title=English Nature - Local Nature Reserves - Details - Text |access-date=16 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012194146/http://www.english-nature.gov.uk/text_version/special/lnr/lnr_details.asp?ID=1327 |archive-date=12 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}

Also near the village is Pleasington Playing Fields, a large outdoor sports facility with 12 football pitches{{Cite web |url=http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.4358 |title=Playing fields : Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council |access-date=16 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927175457/http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.4358 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead }} opened in 1963 by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as King George's Fields.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?LANGUAGE=eng&pageID=2929 |title=Blackburn Encyclopaedia K |access-date=16 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928051702/http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?LANGUAGE=eng&pageID=2929 |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead }} Witton Country Park is connected to the playing fields by a bridge over the River Darwen. Overlooking the area is Pleasington Cemetery, the main cemetery and crematorium for the Blackburn area.

Pleasington is on the National Cycle Network Route 6, one of the main national bicycle routes in the UK, which is planned to connect Windsor to the Lake District.