Full-day nursery in Ewood, Blackburn with Darwen
Riverside Nursery
Riverside Ind Est, Branch Road, Lower Darwen, BB3 0PR · Getting there
Is it good?
Read the Ofsted reportOfsted inspection, before November 2025
Outstanding
- Quality of educationOutstanding
- Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
- Personal developmentOutstanding
- Leadership and managementOutstanding
- SafeguardingEffective
What does this mean?
This grade is from before November 2025, when Ofsted replaced single grades with report cards. The nursery's next inspection will give a report card, with a separate grade for each area instead of one overall grade.
Official records
- Ofsted registrationRegistered since October 2007Reference EY357087Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Inspections on record1 inspectionlatest 28 September 2022Ofsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Registered places82 placesthe most children it may care for at onceOfsted · checked 30 June 2026
- Food hygiene rating5 (Very good)inspected 12 November 2025Food Standards Agency · checked 13 November 2026
Fees
Fees, hours and ages: not published yet
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Hours and ages
Opening hours and ages: not published yet.
Getting there
Riverside Ind Est, Branch Road, Lower Darwen, BB3 0PR · More nurseries in BB3
Buses
8 bus stops within 400 m, including Uncle Jacks, Swan Farm Close and Duchess Street.
Parks and playgrounds
- Playground12 min walk
NaPTAN, Department for Transport, checked 13 November 2026 · © OpenStreetMap contributors, checked 13 November 2026. Walking times are rough, from straight-line distance.
Places and next steps
Spaces: not published yet. Nurseries often fill months ahead, so ask early.
In Blackburn with Darwen there are about 3.3 children under 5 for every registered nursery place. Places are how many children nurseries may care for, not free spaces, so this is a guide to demand. Source: ONS Census 2021.
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Riverside Nursery is a full-day nursery at Riverside Ind Est, Branch Road, Lower Darwen, BB3 0PR, in Ewood, Blackburn with Darwen. It is registered for 82 children. Ofsted rated it Outstanding at its inspection in September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025. It has a Google rating of 5.0 from 3 reviews (November 2026).
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| Riverside NurseryThis nursery | Outstanding | not shared yet | not shared yet | not shared yet | This nursery |
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A dash means the nursery hasn't published it yet. Distances are in a straight line.
Nearby areas
Schools nearby
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour Roman Catholic Primary School Blackburn Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Report cardinspected May 2026 0.3 miles
- Lower Darwen Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Goodinspected March 2023 0.3 miles
- Longshaw Infant School Primaryages 4–7Ofsted: Report cardinspected January 2026 0.5 miles
- Blackburn the Redeemer CofE Primary Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstandinginspected December 2024 0.5 miles
- St James' Church of England Primary School Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Goodinspected October 2024 0.6 miles
- Longshaw Nursery School Nurseryages 2–5has a nursery classOfsted: School remains Goodinspected April 2024 0.6 miles
- St Edward's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy Primaryages 4–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected January 2020 0.8 miles
- Longshaw Community Junior School Primaryages 7–11Ofsted: School remains Goodinspected November 2022 0.8 miles
Straight-line distances. Places depend on each school's admissions rules. From the Department for Education and Ofsted.
Questions parents ask
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What is Riverside Nursery's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Riverside Nursery Outstanding at its inspection on 28 September 2022, before report cards replaced single grades in November 2025.
How many children can Riverside Nursery take?
Riverside Nursery is registered with Ofsted for up to 82 children at any one time.
What is the nearest station to Riverside Nursery?
Mill Hill (Lancs) is the nearest station we know of, 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
How do I contact Riverside Nursery?
You can call 01254 695777 and visit www.thehub-riverside.co.uk.
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About this information
- Registration and inspections: Ofsted · 30 June 2026
- Rating and review themes: Google · 13 November 2026
- Schools: DfE Get Information about Schools · 4 November 2026
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Department for Education data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains Ofsted data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.
- Contains Department for Transport NaPTAN data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors
- Food hygiene rating from the Food Standards Agency, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Read reviews on Google
Last checked 13 November 2026 · Ofsted URN EY357087 · Plain-text version · Report a mistake
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