Bacup

Worth seeing in and around Bacup

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
   Astronomy Centre

   The Astronomy Centre, also known as the Amateur Astronomy Centre, is an astronomical observatory located in northern England which is run by experienced amateur astronomers and is open to the public at certain times.

   3 km · astronomical observatory in northern England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Hail Storm Hill

   Hail Storm Hill, also known as Cowpe Moss, is the highest point of the Rossendale Valley, England, an area of moorland and hill country situated between the West Pennine Moors and the South Pennines. It is wholly within Lancashire, although the administrative county boundary with the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale passes just a kilometre to the south-east of the summit.

   5.1 km · hill in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Christ Church, Bacup

   The former Christ Church building - now known as Rossendale Digital Bacup Campus - is in Beech Street, off Todmorden Road, Bacup, Lancashire, England. It is a former Anglican parish church in the deanery of Rossendale, the archdeaconry of Bolton and the diocese of Manchester and has been acquired by a local business to convert into Rossendale's first dedicated digital centre.

   500 m · church in Bacup, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Church of St John the Divine, Holme Chapel

   The Church of St John the Divine is in Burnley Road, Holme Chapel, a village in the civil parish of Cliviger, near Burnley, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Blackburn, and the church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

   5.5 km · grade II listed church in Cliviger, Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Stubbylee Hall

   Stubbylee Hall, formerly known as Bacup Town Hall, is a former municipal building in Stubbylee Lane in Bacup, a town in Lancashire in England. The building, which served as the offices and meeting place of Bacup Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.

   1.3 km · house in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   St Nicholas' Church

   St Nicholas Church is in the village of Newchurch within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Manchester, founded in the early 16th century.

   3.6 km · church in Newchurch, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Lydgate Viaduct

   Lydgate Viaduct, is a railway bridge in Cliviger Gorge near Todmorden in West Yorkshire, England. The viaduct carries a branch of the Calder Valley line, between Todmorden and Burnley Manchester Road railway station.

   5.7 km · railway viaduct in Todmorden, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Rawtenstall Town Hall

   Rawtenstall Town Hall is a municipal building in Bacup Road, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, England. The building, which served as the offices and meeting place of Rawtenstall Borough Council and has been converted for commercial use, is a locally listed building.

   5.7 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Longholme Methodist Church

   Longholme Methodist Church is Methodist church in Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, England. 53.70103°N 2.28619°W / 53.70103; -2.28619 The current building is the third used for methodist worship in Rawtenstall.

   5.8 km · protestant church building in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Brown Wardle Hill

    Brown Wardle is a hill between the village of Wardle, Greater Manchester and the town of Whitworth, Lancashire, England. The summit is on the border of Greater Manchester and Lancashire and stands 1,314 feet above sea level, making it one of the highest points in Rochdale and Greater Manchester.

    5.3 km · mountain in United Kingdom · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

The most interesting features are probably the landscapes around the town of Haslingden, which are stunning - with a wonderful view from 'the Halo', a short walk above the town, which looks down the Irwell Valley to Manchester and beyond to the Cheshire hills. The Halo is sculpture set in a landscaped park, known as a Panopticon.

1. 01
   Helmshore Mills Textile Museum

   It tells the story of the Lancashire textile industry.

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Things to do

Visit the Textile Museum (see above), which has a cafe and gift shop and frequent demonstration days showing working textile machinery. Lee Quarry Mountain Bike Trail, Bacup. Over 8 km of technical mountain bike trails have been completed in Lee Quarry Watch out for Juliet Bravo locations. The series was largely filmed in Bacup. Lee Quarry is perfect for mountain biking.

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Where to eat

The area has several restaurants, and a number of take-away food outlets. Cissy Green's Pie Shop, Higher Deardengate, Haslingden. It sells pies with a high reputation, especially the cheese and onion pie. Mario's. Bacup's main restaurant The White Horse Helmshore Rd., Helmshore, Rossendale BB4 4LU, +44 1706 213873.

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Getting to Bacup

Airports

Leeds Bradford (LBA), 40 km · Manchester (MAN), 40 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 59 km

Stations

Bacup railway station, 700 m · Stacksteads railway station, 2.3 km · Britannia railway station, 2.1 km · Waterfoot railway station, 3.8 km · Clough Fold railway station, 4.9 km

• Liverpool → Bacup

  61 km · quickest by road, 1h 38m · £7–10
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Bacup

  109 km · quickest by road, 2h 48m · £14–18
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• Birmingham, West Midlands → Bacup

  137 km · quickest by road, 2h 45m · £16–22
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No local-transport research exists yet for Bacup

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bacup. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

If you know how people move in Bacup – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.