Blackburn with Darwen is a unitary authority area with borough status in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, North West England.

As a unitary authority, Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council provides most local government services.

Parts of the borough are covered by civil parishes, which provide a lower tier of local government.

This is a chart of trend of regional gross value added of Blackburn with Darwen at current basic prices published Archived 22 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine (pp.

[8] Blackburn with Darwen Council has a stated transport policy of "making roads traffic free".