The town of Burnley is located within the area that is known as Lancashire. There is a population of about seventy three thousand five hundred living within the town of Burnley. Burnley is located about eleven miles to the east of Blackburn and about twenty-five miles to the east of Preston. The town is located at the point where the River Brun meets the River Calder.

Burnley dates back to the early part of the medieval years when it was a small market town. The town underwent most of its development during the Industrial Revolution. It was once the largest producer for cotton cloth however nowadays the town has lost most of its industry. The town is increasingly becoming a dormitory town for the nearby areas of Leeds and Manchester. The largest employer within the town is the public sector.

The town of Burnley has three different tiers to the local government, which are the county council of Lancashire, a borough council of Burnley and also the parliament of the United Kingdom. The borough council of Burnley has been governed since 2008 and the Liberal Democrats did this.

Burnley is located within a valley, which is naturally three forked at the point where the River Calder and the River Brun meet each other. The town is surrounded by open fields and also some moor land that has been left to go wild.

There is a strong education network within the town and this consists of a grammar school for boys, which was first founded within St Peters Church during 1559. The first headmaster of the boy's school was a former priest and he was known as Gilbert Fairbank.