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Accrington Attractions
A selection of attractions in and around Accrington:
Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington  (1.1 Miles)
Haworth Art Gallery, a Tudor-style Edwardian house, was built for the children of Thomas Haworth, Accrington’s most important cotton manufacturer. It is a fine example...
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Goodshaw Chapel, Burnley  (5.2 Miles)
This is the only non-conformist place of worship to be owned and operated by English Heritage, situated close to Burnley in the small village of...
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Lewis Textile Museum, Blackburn  (5.5 Miles)
Blackburn in Lancashire has a long and illustrious textile industrial history and this museum explores how this started and how it developed. The museum...
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Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery, Blackburn  (5.5 Miles)
Located at the very heart of the city, this museum and gallery is one of the cultural hubs for Blackburn. Close to both the...
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Darwen Library, Blackburn  (5.5 Miles)
The central library is housed in a good looking building close to the town hall and the many other main administrative buildings of the city....
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Helmshore Textile Museums, Haslingden  (5.7 Miles)
At Helmshore Textile Museums in Rossendale, you will find two magnificent mills that illustrate the story of Lancashire’s textile industry. Higher Mill was built in...
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Blackburn Rovers Football Club, Blackburn  (5.8 Miles)
Experience Blackburn Rovers ground tours. Visit behind the scenes at Ewood Park, see our traditional boardroom and hospitality suites, and then see the players’...
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Witton Country Park, Blackburn  (6.3 Miles)
Witton Country Park offers four hundred and eighty acres of beautiful woodland, parkland and farmland to the west of Blackburn. The estate was once...
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Ski Rossendale, Rawtenstall  (6.6 Miles)
Ski Rossendale is the North’s premier ski centre. Open all year round it is ideal for both expert and beginner skiers. Set amid trees and...
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Rossendale Museum, Rawtenstall  (6.8 Miles)
Rossendale Museum is housed in a former mill owners’ residence, built in 1840. Surrounded by the grounds of Whitaker Park, the museum retains the character...
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Whalley Abbey Gatehouse, Clitheroe  (7.4 Miles)
The nearby Cistercian abbey for which this was the gatehouse, was one of the wealthiest in Lancashire, and this is obvious from the grandeur of...
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Sunnyhurst Wood Visitor Centre, Darwen  (7.8 Miles)
The Sunnyhurst Wood Visitor Centre is set in the beautiful surroundings of some of the most splendid countryside and parkland in the area. The...
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Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham  (8.5 Miles)
Gawthorpe Hall near Burnley is a magnificent 17th Century Jacobeancountry house built for the Shuttleworth family and restored in the mid 19th century by the...
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Hoghton Tower, Preston  (9.3 Miles)
Ancestral home of the De Hoghton family since William the Conqueror. Built on its hill 650ft above sea level. See the magnificent banqueting hall where...
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Turton Tower, Bolton  (9.5 Miles)
At Turton Tower the original Pele tower from which the building developed dates back to the 12th century, later being transformed (in the 16th century)...
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Mid Pennine Arts, Burnley  (9.8 Miles)
The Mid-Pennine Art Gallery hosts around six exhibitions a year on a range of themes. Sometimes the exhibitions are based on the work of...
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North West Sound Archive, Clitheroe  (10.5 Miles)
The Northwest Sound Archive was established in 1979, and its purpose was to collect and to preserve sound recordings that are relevant to the development...
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Dunsop Bridge, Dunsop Bridge  (10.5 Miles)
The River Dunsop and the River Hodder meet at Dunsop Bridge before flowing south to join the River Ribble outside Clitheroe. The bridge consists of...
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Centre of Britain, Dunsop Bridge  (10.5 Miles)
Much debate surrounds the exact position of the centre of Great Britain. Dunsop Bridge was officially recognised by the Ordnance Survey in 1992 as the...
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Platform Gallery, Clitheroe  (10.7 Miles)
Located at the very heart of the beautiful market town of Clitheroe in the Ribble Valley, this gallery is in the old railway building that...
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(All distances are direct and may be longer by road)
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