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...

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.

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...

Hoghton Tower has been the home of the de Hoghton family since the Norman Conquest. Take the long drive to the 16th century and follow in the footsteps of William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and King James I who, at a banquet held in his honour, famously knighted a...

Discover where the past meets the present at Samlesbury Hall: a haven for history lovers, a place of peace and tranquility, a home for Lancashire’s finest produce and a fantastic family day out. Visit our splendid gallery and shop to sample Lancashire’s finest,...

The museum is dedicated to the Romano-British history of Bremetenacum Veteranorum, the Roman name for what is now Ribchester, a picturesque village in central Lancashire which lies on the river Ribble.

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.

Stonyhurst is a coeducational Catholic boarding and day school guided by the principles of the Society of Jesus. This means that we attach particular importance to emotional and spiritual development as well as academic excellence. Any boy or girl who would benefit...

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.