Around and About
Astley Hall (15 Miles)*
Discover a 400 year old house, built by the Charnock family in Elizabethan times.
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery (6 Miles)*
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery is housed in a beautiful Arts and Crafts style building, it offers a lively programme of exhibitions and events for all the family.
Bolton Museum, Aquarium and Archive (14 Miles)*
Bolton Museum has many collections of exhibits from fine art to Egyptian archaeology. There is an aquarium where you can see snakes and a piranha fish which is 23 years old.
Brontë Parsonage Museum (15 Miles)*
Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, were the authors of some of the greatest books in the English language. Haworth Parsonage was their much-loved home and Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall were all written here.
Earby Lead Mine Museum (12 Miles)*
Earby Mines Research Group was formed in 1945 within the Earby Pothole Club to explore lead and other mines in Yorkshire.
Gawthorpe Hall (2 Miles)*
Gawthorpe Hall was built between 1600 and 1605 for the Shuttleworth family who had already been at Gawthorpe for over 200 years.
Haworth Art Gallery (3 Miles)*
Originally called Hollins Hill, the Gallery is a Tudor-style Edwardian house designed and built for William Haworth and his sister Anne in 1909 by Walter Brierley, FSA of York. It is now Accrington's art gallery.
Harris Museum and Art Gallery (15 Miles)*
Escape from the bustle of the town centre and spend some time enjoying the best of Preston's heritage in a beautiful Grade 1 listed building.
Heaton Hall (17 Miles)*
A magnificent neo-classical country house with beautifully restored 18th century interiors, set in 650 acres of rolling parkland.
Queen Street Mill and Textile Museum (5 Miles)*
Bringing Steam Powered Weaving to Life at Queen Street Mill - Lancashire's last 19th century steam powered weaving mill is packed full of sights, sounds and smells to stimulate the senses.
Ribchester Roman Museum (8 Miles)*
Ribchester Roman Museum is located in the picturesque village of Ribchester which is set in the beautiful countryside of the Ribble Valley.
Rochdale Art Gallery (13 Miles)*
Touchstones is an exciting arts and heritage centre that has something special for everyone. The site consists of Art Galleries, Museum, Local Studies Centre and Tourist Information Centre.
Rossendale Museum (6 Miles)*
Rossendale Museum is housed in a 19th century mill owner's residence built in 1840 for the Hardman family, overlooking their woollen mill at New Hall Hey.
Samlesbury Hall (10 Miles)*
Samlesbury Hall is a 14th Century Manor House. Over the years there have been many changes. It is administered by a registered charity known as the Samlesbury Hall trust.
Smithills Hall and Estate (13 Miles)*
Visitors to Smithills Hall can enjoy history in the surroundings of a building that stretches from the 14th century to the glorious period of the Arts and Craft revolution of the late 19th century.
* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.
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