Visitor attractions and information - Accrington
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 Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham, nr Burnley, Lancashire
BB12 8UA Tel: 01282 771004 An Elizabethan house with rich interiors
and an important textile collection. National trust charges apply.
About 7 miles north east
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The
East Lancashire Railway was opened in 1846 to link the Manchester
to Bolton line with Radcliffe and was a popular passenger and
freight route which served the Irwell Valley from Bury, via Ramsbottom,
to Rawtenstall and beyond. 1972 saw the last passengers travel
on the Bury to Rawtenstall section, and that would have been
the end of an era had the East Lancashire Preservation Society
not been committed to restoring the line to its former glory.
The line was reopened in 1991. www.east-lancs-rly.co.uk.
About 6 miles south of
Accrington. |
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Lewis Textile Museum, Exchange Street, Blackburn,
BB1 7JN, Lancashire. Tel: 01254 667 130. Opened in 1938. The
history of Blackburn's cotton industry. Costume and Textile based
exhibitions. A replica of Hargreaves' Spinning Jenny. About 7 miles west of Accrington. |
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