Located at the very heart of the city, this museum and gallery is one of the cultural hubs for Blackburn. Close to both the town hall and cinema, the building makes up one of the more impressive single structures...

Experience Blackburn Rovers ground tours. Visit behind the scenes at Ewood Park, see our traditional boardroom and hospitality suites, and then see the players’ dressing room. Walk down the tunnel where the likes of Beckham and Zola have...

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. It houses a massive collection of books, audio and visual material as well as...

Blackburn in Lancashire has a long and illustrious textile industrial history and this museum explores how this started and how it developed. The museum has many fine artefacts on display that relate to the production of textiles, and follows...

Witton Country Park offers four hundred and eighty acres of beautiful woodland, parkland and farmland to the west of Blackburn. The estate was once owned by the Feilden family, who built Witton House, the early 19th Century manor house...

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 Goodshaw. The Baptist chapel was built between 1742 and 1809 and is complete with...

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 of the Arts and Crafts style of architecture, with stained glass windows and beautiful wood...

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 1789 and houses an amazing 6m diameter working waterwheel. Next door, Whitaker’s Mill has an...

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 King James I in 1617 knighted the Loin of Beef ‘Sirloin’ and where William Shakespeare...

This museum was the brainchild of Margaret Greenall and opened in 1915, bringing together a wealth of archaeological finds related to the Roman world. The museum was completely overhauled in 2001, making it larger and more accessible. The...

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 of the original house and preserves the social history of the area, with period Victorian...

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 parkland, it commands a superb view over the Rossendale Valley. The centre has three slopes:...

The Sunnyhurst Wood Visitor Centre is set in the beautiful surroundings of some of the most splendid countryside and parkland in the area. The centre has a range of activities designed to entertain children, including hands on exhibits and...

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) into an extravagant Tudor country residence. Today the house features a magnificent collection of paintings,...

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 the ruins that remain of the property. Built in the 14th Century beside the...