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Darwen Attractions
Listed below are attractions in Darwen:
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The hall is set in formal gardens and offers guided tours and school education trips along with conference facilities, hiring of the hall and has a wedding licence. The hall is set in formal gardens and to the north is...
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Feed lambs, stroke calves or ride on donkeys at this family run open farm. Staff encourage a hands-on approach and visitors can see and touch a wide variety of traditional farm animals as well as more exotic llamas, peacocks and...
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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,...
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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...
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