The town hall, which is the headquarters of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

[1] It originally housed a police station with 18 cells, a large assembly room, and a council chamber.

[4] A paving stone was laid outside the town hall in August 2017 to commemorate the life of Company Quartermaster-Sergeant William Grimbaldeston from Blackburn who was awarded the Victoria Cross during the First World War.

[9] Additional paving stones were laid outside the town hall in April 2018 to commemorate the lives of Lieutenant-Commander Percy Dean and Second-Lieutenant John Schofield both of whom achieved the same distinction.

[10] A fourth paving stone was laid outside the town hall in June 2019 to commemorate the life of Private James Pitts who had achieved the distinction in the Second Boer War.