The Mile Tunnel at Foulridge can be accessed via a Foulridge Canal Cruises trip, running from Foulridge Wharf. The tunnel opened over 200 years ago, after five years of excavation. The absence of a towpath meant that barge crews would...

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 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...

The River Dunsop and the River Hodder meet at Dunsop Bridge before flowing south to join the River Ribble outside Clitheroe. The bridge consists of two simple arches which span the river. The bridge also lends its name to the...

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....

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...

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 of people’s lives in the northwest of the country. The collection offers visitors a...

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...