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.

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...

Set against the beautiful West Pennine Moors, Turton Tower lies nestled amongst ancient trees, with rolling lawns framed by high stone walls. Today the house still captures the spirit of the Tudor and Victorian ages and displays one of the finest collections of...

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...

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.

A fine working example of a Birkenhead Bascule Bridge. It housed models and information about the Birkenhead Dock system which opened in 1847. Climb the iron stairway for a bird's eye view over Dockland and beyond and enjoy the audio-visual presentation, where the...

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.

One of Bolton's original family homes, Smithills Hall is a Grade 1 listed building, full of history and drama. Containing fine examples of architecture through the ages, from Medieval and Tudor right through to Victorian times, the hall is set in formal gardens next...