Colourfields - Panopticon

Blackburn’s Panopticon, ‘Colourfields’, is a dramatic transformation of the former cannon battery in Blackburn’s Corporation Park, originally installed for the Park’s opening in 1857 to house two Russian cannons captured during the Crimean War.

The battery had since fallen into disrepair and the design and construction of ‘Colourfields’ enabled part of this important structure and its associations with Blackburn’s history to be preserved rather than dismantled, as would otherwise have been necessary owing to deterioration.

‘Colourfields’ uses the base of the former battery but adds a new dimension of space, height and colour with its raised viewing points and candy stripes created from pastel-coloured tiles.

From the top of the structure, the panorama of the Park below, the town beyond and distant views out towards Lytham, Southport and Fleetwood, is breathtaking.

Opening Times

Opening 1 Jan 2008 - 31 Dec 2010

Tickets Information

Road Directions

Leave the M65 at junction 6, taking the right exit at the roundabout on to Whitebirk Drive (A6119). Continue for about 1 mile to Brownhill Roundabout and take the second left exit on to Ramsgreave Drive (still A6119). After approx 400 metres take the first left on to Pleckgate Road. Follow the road for about a mile until it merges into Revidge Road. Corporation Park is immediately on your left and 'Colourfields' is inside the Park in the corner opposite the tennis courts.