The Colne Heritage Centre is dedicated to the rich and interesting history of this town and its surrounding regions. The collection is made up of many interesting and elegant artefacts that have been collected over a long period of...

Whitemoor Reservoir is situated at grid reference SD878432 close to the town of Colne in Lancashire. Access to the reservoir is restricted but the region is nevertheless popular with birders. The reservoir is situated just off Whitemoor Road on the...

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 disabled friendly. Large car park, private steamings arranged, static viewing most Saturday’s. Concessions for children...

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 and civilian subjects, model soldiers, medals, coins, picture postcards, postage stamps, toys and examples of...

The Brontë Parsonage Museum lies between the picturesque village of Haworth and the wild moorland beyond, and this homely Georgian house still retains the atmosphere of the Brontës time. The Brontës are the world’s most famous literary family and...

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 renowned architect Sir Charles Barry. The opulent period rooms reflect the life-style of a wealthy...

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. We have over 70 equines at each rescue centre and over 700 out on loan....

Keighley Bus Museum is located in this West Yorkshire town and is specifically dedicated to the bus, a workhorse of the transport industry for so long, yet often overlooked. The excellent collection contains full sized vehicles that would have...

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 one artist and other times a collection of creative minds that have all been brought...

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, at the historic 17th century Park Hill, now home to the Pendle Heritage Centre, where...

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. The magnificent steam engine ’Peace’ powers more than 300 deafening looms which still weave hundreds...

In 1820, a new parson was installed at Haworth parish church, in the centre of the moorland village just outside Keighley. His name was Patrick Bronte, and it was in this village that his daughters – Charlotte, Emily and...