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Recommended Towns & Villages near Colne

Padiham. Burnley Road.

Padiham (18 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (6.8 miles, 10.9 km, direction SW)

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.....

Haworth, West Yorkshire

Haworth (227 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of West Yorkshire (9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction E)

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

Skipton

Skipton (171 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of North Yorkshire (10.1 miles, 16.2 km, direction NE)

Long considered "The Gateway to the Dales" which lye to the north, moors extend southwards, and the tranquil countryside of the Ribble Valley is to the west...

A picture of Todmorden

Todmorden (12 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (10.2 miles, 16.3 km, direction S)

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

View towards 'Waddington Fell',  Hodder Valley, Lancashire

Waddington (29 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (10.3 miles, 16.5 km, direction W)

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Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire

Hebden Bridge (43 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of West Yorkshire (10.3 miles, 16.5 km, direction SE)

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...

Town Hall

Accrington (57 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (10.7 miles, 17.1 km, direction SW)

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...

Damems station, a part of Keighley

Keighley (48 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (10.8 miles, 17.5 km, direction E)

This is an industrial town in West Yorkshire. It lies in a fold between the fine countryside of Airdale and Keighley Moors...

Oswaldtwistle Town Hall & Civic Theater, Union Road, Oswaldtwistle

Oswaldtwistle (30 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (12.2 miles, 19.7 km, direction SW)

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

Daffodils

Hurst Green (207 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction W)

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

Harden Waterfall near bingley, West Yorkshire

Harden (4 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (12.6 miles, 20.3 km, direction E)

Harden lies in the famous countryside area between Cullingworth and Bingley surrounded by rivers and meadows. It is a favoured commuter base for those working in nearby Bradford...

Slaidburn

Slaidburn (55 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction NW)

An eye catching place with a pretty village green and a scattering of stone cottages set in an idyllic spot on the banks of the River Hodder...

Starling with caterpillars

Malham (84 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (14.2 miles, 22.9 km, direction N)

High on the moors and dales of Yorshire, lies the wild and desolate place of Malham....

Bolton Priory

Bolton Abbey (135 Pictures)

in the county of North Yorkshire (14.7 miles, 23.7 km, direction NE)

The Bolton Abbey Estate covers 30,000 acres of beautiful countryside in the Yorkshire Dales.There are medieval buildings to explore and 80 miles of moorland, woodland and riverside footpaths...

Ribchester

Ribchester (78 Pictures)

a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (14.8 miles, 23.9 km, direction W)

A picturesque village in the Ribble Valley..

Sowerby bridge basin, West Yorkshire.

Sowerby Bridge (11 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction SE)

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...

The Calf viewed from The Cow, Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire

Ilkley (39 Pictures)

in the county of West Yorkshire (15.3 miles, 24.5 km, direction E)

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Limestone scenery above Settle, Yorkshire Dales

Settle (35 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of North Yorkshire (15.3 miles, 24.6 km, direction N)

A wonderful market town in the Yorkshire Dales. Settle is the starting point for the famous Settle to Carlisle Railway; one of Britain's most spectacular and scenic railways which.....

Dunsop Bridge

Dunsop Bridge (70 Pictures)

in the county of Lancashire (15.3 miles, 24.7 km, direction NW)

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Overlooking Paper Mill in Ramsbottom from St.Catherines Way.

Ramsbottom (11 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (15.5 miles, 24.9 km, direction SW)

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

Recommended attractions near Colne

Pendle Hill

Pendle Hill (61 Pictures)

(5.3 miles, 8.4 km, direction W)

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Towneley Hall, Burnley, Lancashire

Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum (2 Pictures)

(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction S)

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Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham

Gawthorpe Hall (3 Pictures)

(6.1 miles, 9.9 km, direction SW)

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

Sawley Abbey

Sawley Abbey (15 Pictures)

(7.7 miles, 12.3 km, direction NW)

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Gibson Mill in Hardcastle Crags, Hebden Bridge, West Yorks.

Hardcastle Crags & Gibson Mill (6 Pictures)

(8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction SE)

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

Lazy afternoon

Clitheroe Castle (41 Pictures)

(9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction W)

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Skipton Castle, North Yorkshire

Skipton Castle (52 Pictures)

(9.9 miles, 16.0 km, direction NE)

Apart from it's historic church, Skipton Castle is the town's premier attraction. This is located where the High Street fans out.....

Cliffe Castle museum, Keighley, West Yorkshire.

Cliffe Castle Museum (5 Pictures)

(10.7 miles, 17.3 km, direction E)

The approach to Cliffe Castle Museum, gives the visitor little hint of the amazing treat in store, for awaiting is a magnificent.....

Front view of East Riddlesden Hall, Keighley, West Yorkshire

East Riddlesden Hall (5 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction E)

For a glorious day out amongst spectacular countryside where you get an evocative glimpse into the past there are few properties.....

Janet's Foss. Malham, North Yorkshire

Janet's Foss (6 Pictures)

(14.6 miles, 23.6 km, direction N)

A small picturesque waterfall near the village of Malham and Malham Cove, North Yorkshire. Janet refers to a Fairy Queen who is.....

One of several waterfalls at Healey Dell, Whitworth, near Rochdale, Lancs.

Healey Dell (7 Pictures)

(14.9 miles, 24.0 km, direction S)

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

Blackburn Cathedral

Blackburn Cathedral (3 Pictures)

(15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction SW)

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Malham Views

Malham Cove (30 Pictures)

(15.0 miles, 24.1 km, direction N)

A natural limestone formation which is a national beauty spot, near Malham, North Yorkshire..

View of Bolton Priory, North Yorkshire.

Bolton Priory (60 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.3 km, direction NE)

Beautiful remains of an Augustinian Priory in a picturesque position on the banks of the river Wharfe, North Yorkshire. Well.....

Gordale Scar,  Malham Cove

Gordale Scar (8 Pictures)

(15.1 miles, 24.4 km, direction N)

Painted by James Ward, written about by Wordsworth in a sonnet, this dramatic limestone ravine is an essential visit when in the.....

Garsdale Station on the Settle Carlisle Railway, located high in the Yorksire Dales National Park

Settle Carlisle Railway (9 Pictures)

(15.3 miles, 24.5 km, direction N)

This spectacular train journey could easily be the most scenic train trip in the whole of the UK. The route is part of National.....

Cow and Calf, Ilkley.

Cow and Calf Rocks (21 Pictures)

(15.8 miles, 25.4 km, direction E)

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Forest of Bowland, Lancashire

Forest of Bowland (43 Pictures)

(15.9 miles, 25.5 km, direction NW)

This high region of grouse moor and high fells crossed with deep narrow valley's was once a hunting ground of Saxon King's. It.....

Eureka Science Museum  - Yorkshire - 1996

Eureka! Museum for Children (3 Pictures)

(16.2 miles, 26.1 km, direction SE)

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Darwen Tower at sunset, Darwen, Lancashire.

Darwen Tower (18 Pictures)

(16.3 miles, 26.2 km, direction SW)

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


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