The Mall Blackburn, also known by its former name Blackburn Shopping Centre, is a shopping centre that serves the town of Blackburn, Lancashire

Lancashire

Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...

 England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 and is owned by The Mall Company

The Mall Company

The Mall Fund owns and operates a number of shopping centres in England and uses the trading name "The Mall Company" The shopping centres are usually branded as "The Mall"....

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The shopping centre was built in three phases of which the final one opened in 1979. In 1995 the centre was refurbished during which the lower floor of the former Co-operative department store was transformed into Ainsworth Mall.
As with many other 'The Mall' shopping centres, The Mall Blackburn has undergone a massive or 'monster' development modernization project.