Accrington

Worth seeing in and around Accrington

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Crown Ground

   The Crown Ground is a multi-use stadium in Accrington, Lancashire, England. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Accrington Stanley.

   1.4 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Hameldon Hill

   Hameldon Hill is a Carboniferous sandstone hill with a summit elevation of 409 metres, situated between the towns of Burnley and Accrington in Lancashire, England. It is listed as a "HuMP" or "Hundred Metre Prominence", its parent being Freeholds Top, a Marilyn near Bacup.

   4.7 km · hill in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Haworth Art Gallery

   The Haworth Art Gallery is a public art gallery located in Accrington, Lancashire, northwest England, and is the home of the largest collection in Europe of Tiffany glass from the studio of Louis Comfort Tiffany. The museum, a Tudor-style house, was originally built in 1909 to be the home of William Haworth, a manufacturer of textiles.

   1.5 km · art gallery, museum and park in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Immanuel Church, Oswaldtwistle

   Immanuel Church is an Anglican church in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn.

   3.4 km · grade II listed church in Hyndburn, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Shuttleworth Hall

   Shuttleworth Hall is a 17th-century manor house in the civil parish of Hapton in Lancashire, England. It is protected as a Grade I listed building.

   4.3 km · Grade I listed English country house in Hapton, Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St James' Church, Church Kirk

   St James' Church is an redundant church in St James' Road, Church, Hyndburn, Lancashire, England. It was an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Accrington, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn until November 2015 when it was closed.

   2 km · church in Church, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   St John the Evangelist's Church, Crawshawbooth

   St John the Evangelist's Church is in the village of Crawshawbooth, near Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant Anglican parish church formerly in the deanery of Rossendale, the archdeaconry of Bolton, and the diocese of Manchester.

   6 km · church in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Accrington Town Hall

   Accrington Town Hall is a municipal building on Blackburn Road in Accrington, Lancashire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Accrington Borough Council, is a Grade II* listed building.

   100 m · municipal building in Accrington, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Accrington Library

   Accrington Library is a Carnegie library located in the town of Accrington, Lancashire. In 1904 a sum of £7,500 was offered to the town by the industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie for the building of a new library.

   200 m · Carnegie Library in England · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Cannon Street Baptist Church

    Cannon Street Baptist Church, Accrington is a Grade II listed former Baptist church in Accrington, Lancashire.

    200 m · church in Accrington, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Haworth Art Gallery

   Manchester Rd BB5 2JS (one mile south of town on A680).

2. 02
   Stone

   It seems to have inspired Accringtonian composer Harrison Birtwistle's The Mask of Orpheus, which is structured around a similar 17-arch viaduct.

3. 03
   Gawthorpe Hall

   A 17th century mansion, home of the Shuttleworth family, two miles north of Burnley.

4. 04
   Market Hall

From Wikivoyage: Accrington, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

Football:

1. 01
   Accrington Stanley FC

   Wham Stadium, Livingstone Rd, BB5 5BX (1 mile north of the town centre on A680.

From Wikivoyage: Accrington, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

There's the usual collection of fast food outlets, and reasonable Bangladeshi restaurants. The best eateries otherwise are the hotels. Mitali Tandoori Indian Restaurant, Warner Street,.

From Wikivoyage: Accrington, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Getting to Accrington

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 45 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 48 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 57 km

Stations

Accrington railway station, 400 m · Church and Oswaldtwistle railway station, 1.8 km · Rishton railway station, 3.9 km · Huncoat railway station, 2.4 km · Hapton railway station, 4.4 km

• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Accrington

  31 km · quickest by road, 53 min · £3–4.5
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• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Accrington

  53 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £8–10
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• Liverpool → Accrington

  56 km · quickest by road, 1h 32m · £7–9
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