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in the county of Lancashire

About Burnley

A cotton town that is rich in history, Burnley was once the worlds leading producer of cotton cloth. If you walk along the towpath by the canal you will come across an area known as Weavers Triangle. It is an area of spinning mills and weaving sheds; foundaries where steam engines and looms were made; canal-side warehouses and domestic buildings.

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Old Market Cross, Oswaldtwistle

Oswaldtwistle (30 Pictures) in the county of Lancashire

(7.0 miles, 11.3 km, direction SW of Burnley)

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

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Todmorden (12 Pictures) in the county of West Yorkshire

(8.2 miles, 13.1 km, direction SE of Burnley)

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

Kemple End

Hurst Green (207 Pictures) a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire

(9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction W of Burnley)

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

Overlooking East Lancs railway from St.Catherines Close, Ramsbottom

Ramsbottom (11 Pictures) in the county of Greater Manchester

(10.1 miles, 16.3 km, direction S of Burnley)

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Hebden Bridge (43 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of West Yorkshire

(10.4 miles, 16.8 km, direction E of Burnley)

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...

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Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum (2 Pictures)

(1.7 miles, 2.8 km, direction SE)

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Gawthorpe Hall (3 Pictures)

(2.0 miles, 3.2 km, direction NW)

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Pendle Hill (61 Pictures)

(5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction N)

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(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction NW)

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Sawley Abbey (15 Pictures)

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Hardcastle Crags & Gibson Mill (6 Pictures)

(9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction E)

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Blackburn Cathedral

Blackburn Cathedral (3 Pictures)

(10.1 miles, 16.3 km, direction W)

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