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...

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...

Queen Street Mill gives the visitor a real taste of what it was like to work in a steam powered weaving mill in the 1800s....

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...

One of the oldest and most respected charities for equine welfare, we have 2 rescue centres, one in Burnley, Lancashire and one in Chepstow, Gwent....

The British in India Museum is full of artifacts relating to the British in India. On display are Indian regimental tiles, paintings, photographs of military...

East Lancashire’s most notorious supernatural activity from times past is the episode involving the ’Pendle Witches’ in the 17th century. The journey begins in Barrowford,...

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...

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...

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...

The Colne Heritage Centre is dedicated to the rich and interesting history of this town and its surrounding regions. The collection is made up...

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...

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...

Explore this beautiful wooded valley with its deep ravines, tumbling streams and woodland rich in wildlife. Waymarked walks pass Gibson Mill, a 19th Century...

600hp Textile mill engine run in steam. Rope drive, hand fired boilers, weaving demonstrations on Lancashire looms. Textile related displays. Museum shop, tearoom, toilets, and...

Heptonstall Grammar School Museum is a fine collection that is permanently located within the old school buildings. It is concerned with the history and...

Located at the very heart of the city, this museum and gallery is one of the cultural hubs for Blackburn. Close to both the...

Blackburn in Lancashire has a long and illustrious textile industrial history and this museum explores how this started and how it developed. The museum...

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....

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...