Haworth Art Gallery is an Edwardian Tudor-style house in its own park with lovely views across the surrounding hills. It has an oak-panelled entrance hall and an Arts and Crafts staircase and delightful wood and plaster decorations adorn the main reception rooms.

This imposing house, set in tranquil grounds, resembles the great Hardwick Hall. In the 19th century Sir Charles Barry created the opulent interiors we see today. Several rooms display part of an international collection of needlework, lace and costume.

The Lewis Textile Museum on Exchange Street, facing the Town Hall and just around the corner from Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, tells the story of the town's cotton industry and features a programme of textile based exhibitions.

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery is described as mildly Gothic with touches in the direction of Arts and Crafts. It is a beautiful building sited in the town centre, near the Town Hall. It is best known for being a treasure house of the Hart bequest, the unique...

Nestling side by side in the quiet village of Helmshore in the stunning Rossendale Valley are two original Lancashire textile mills: Higher Mill and Whitaker’s Mill together known as Helmshore Mills Textile Museum.

Set within tranquil Whitaker Park, displays at Rossendale Museum include a late Victorian drawing room, numerous fine arts pieces, fashion and furniture. We also hold a wonderful natural history collection. Discover more about this mill-owners home and the local...

Discover what it was like to live in a 19th Century Lancashire mill town. From the Visitor Centre, walk through the Weavers' Triangle - a unique Victorian industrial landscape. The Visitor Centre is located in the former Canal Toll Office and Wharfmaster's House at...

With seven miles of footpaths in a glorious natural setting, this beautiful woodland covers 85 acres, and is a beautiful location for family walks and picnics. The Old Keeper's Cottage now serves as a visitor centre and art gallery, where visitors can also pick up...

Witton Country Park is 480 acres of beautiful mixed woodland, parkland and farmland to the west of Blackburn. The park has a whole range of habitats and their associated wildlife: wetlands, woodlands, open parkland, farmland and play development.

Housed in a vast flower-decked 16C chalet, this museum contains collections of traditional craftwork and objects from local industries, with their workshops (mountain cheesemaking), a room of painted wooden furniture from the 18C, househould utensils, clocks, musical...