Recommended Towns & Villages near Bacup

Todmorden (12 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (4.3 miles, 6.8 km, direction E)

Todmorden lies on the historic border between Yorkshire and Lancashire in an area of the Calder Valley ringed by the hills of the Pennines...

Ramsbottom (11 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (6.4 miles, 10.2 km, direction SW)

The countryside surrounding the town offers lakes, woods and hills, with distant Winter Hill rising to a height of 456 feet...

Accrington (57 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction NW)

Some of the town's loveliest architecture comes from the Victorian era, this can be seen in the elegant Victorian Market Hall with its clock and rich display of sculpture...

Padiham (18 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (8.1 miles, 13.0 km, direction NW)

Padiham is a thriving Lancashire town lying on the Calder River. It is most famous as the home of Gawthorpe Hall, a noted country estate built early in the 17th-century for the.....

Hebden Bridge (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of West Yorkshire (8.1 miles, 13.1 km, direction E)

This beautiful old town grew up close to the River Hebden at the point where a stone bridge was built as part of a pack-horse route in the 16th century...

Oswaldtwistle (30 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (8.8 miles, 14.1 km, direction W)

This is a large, typical Lancashire village lying close to the urban sprawl of Blackburn and Accrington...

Edgworth (25 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (9.0 miles, 14.4 km, direction SW)

This attractive hillside village occupies a pleasant rural location close to two pretty reservoirs and the historic house known as Turton Tower...

Sowerby Bridge (11 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction E)

Surrounded by the dramatic scenery of the South Pennines, with the town's gentle scenery being enhanced by the River Calder and the River Ryburn on which the town stands...

Bolton (39 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (13.3 miles, 21.4 km, direction SW)

The clogs and black smoke image of Bolton has long since gone, in its place is a fine city with beautiful buildings and a diverse range of attractions sufficient to satisfy the most demanding tourist...

Haworth (227 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (13.4 miles, 21.5 km, direction NE)

Haworth is famous the world over for its connections with the Bronte sisters, the famous novelists...

Marsden (33 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (13.4 miles, 21.5 km, direction SE)

Marsden offers visitors a wealth of heritage, particularly in association with the town's expansion which came about during the heady days of the Industrial Revolution...

Halifax (83 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (14.2 miles, 22.8 km, direction E)

Halifax is an industrial city close to the famous Pennines and the route of the Pennine Way in what is known as Yorkshire's "Bronte" country...

Hurst Green (207 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (14.6 miles, 23.5 km, direction NW)

This pretty Lancastrian villages the setting for historic Stoneyhurst, a noted school which was founded in the 16th-century...

Golcar (2 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (15.4 miles, 24.7 km, direction E)

Sturdily built of stone, this small hill town is perched north of the River Colne and the now restored Huddersfield Narrow Canal...

Ribchester (78 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (15.5 miles, 24.9 km, direction NW)

A picturesque village in the Ribble Valley..

Waddington (29 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (15.5 miles, 24.9 km, direction NW)

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Salford (47 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (15.6 miles, 25.2 km, direction S)

The City of Salford lies at the heart of the Metropolis known as Greater Manchester in an area where cotton was once king and its mill workers were portrayed for posterity by acclaimed 20th-century artist L.S.Lowry...

Hoghton (12 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (15.7 miles, 25.3 km, direction W)

It was here that James I created "Sirloin" when he supposedly knighted his beef!..

Worsley (8 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Greater Manchester (15.9 miles, 25.5 km, direction SW)

Just 20 minutes car journey away from the center of Manchester is the historic town of Worsley, which is best known for its scenic walks along the historic Bridgewater canal......

Manchester (227 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Greater Manchester (15.9 miles, 25.5 km, direction S)

A thriving truly cosmopolitan city with a great mixture of new and old. The capital of the north..

Recommended attractions near Bacup

Healey Dell (7 Pictures)

(4.6 miles, 7.4 km, direction S)

Healey Dell Nature Reserve on the Whitworth - Rochdale border, sits in a picturesque part of the Spodden Valley. Rich with flora.....

Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum (2 Pictures)

(4.8 miles, 7.7 km, direction N)

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Gawthorpe Hall (3 Pictures)

(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction NW)

Gawthorpe Hall, home of the Shuttleworth family for several centuries lies close to the traditional Lancastrian market town of.....

Hardcastle Crags & Gibson Mill (6 Pictures)

(8.1 miles, 13.0 km, direction NE)

Beautiful wooded valley with 19th-century Gibson Mill at its heart, an exemplar of sustainable energy. This is the flagship.....

East Lancashire Railway (18 Pictures)

(8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction SW)

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Darwen Tower (18 Pictures)

(10.8 miles, 17.3 km, direction W)

An observation tower circa 1897Standing at 86ft high, apparently you can sometimes see the Welsh Hills from it on a very clear.....

Bold Venture Park (30 Pictures)

(11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction W)

The name of this spacious green park situated at Darwen in Lancashire epitomises the endeavour of the local borough engineer who.....

Pendle Hill (61 Pictures)

(11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction N)

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Heaton Hall (4 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.5 km, direction S)

This divine house is a masterpiece of James Wyatt, one of the greatest architects to come out of the 18th century. It was built.....

Blackburn Cathedral (3 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction W)

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Smithill's Hall (7 Pictures)

(12.9 miles, 20.7 km, direction SW)

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Marsden Moor Estate (2 Pictures)

(13.3 miles, 21.4 km, direction SE)

Marsden Moor was gifted to the National Trust in 1955 by Captain Sir Joseph Benedict Everard Henry Radcliffe in lieu of death.....

Clitheroe Castle (41 Pictures)

(13.6 miles, 21.9 km, direction NW)

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Eureka! Museum for Children (3 Pictures)

(14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction E)

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Shibden Hall (36 Pictures)

(14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction E)

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Manchester Velodrome (3 Pictures)

(15.2 miles, 24.5 km, direction S)

Manchester Velodrome Britains primary indoor Olympic cycle track and widely regarded as one of the world's finest and fastest.....

Manchester Cathedral (11 Pictures)

(15.3 miles, 24.7 km, direction S)

Manchester's fine 15th-century church of St.Mary was raised to cathedral status in 1848. It is a magnificent example of.....

Sawley Abbey (15 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.7 km, direction N)

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Urbis (7 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction S)

Urbis is Manchester’s Centre for Urban Culture and explores Urban culture in the cities of today and tomorrow through four.....

Chethams Library (2 Pictures)

(15.4 miles, 24.8 km, direction S)

Chetham's Library was founded in 1653 and is the oldest public library in the English-speaking world...

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