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Colne

Colne is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England.

Colne
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The place

Colne is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. The town is 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Nelson, 6 miles (10 km) northeast of Burnley and 25 mi (40 km) east of Preston.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Colne

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
    Noyna Hill

    Noyna Hill is a hill in the Pennine range in Pendle, Lancashire, England. It is a mile east of Foulridge and it is possible to see other local towns such as Colne, Nelson, Trawden, Barnoldswick and Earby.

    3.1 km · hill in Lancashire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Jamia Mosque Sultania

    Jamia Mosque Sultania is a mosque in Brierfield, Lancashire, England. It is the largest mosque in the ceremonial county of Lancashire.

    5.3 km · mosque in Brierfield, Pendle, Lancashire, England · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Wycoller Hall

    Wycoller Hall was a late 16th-century manor house in the village of Wycoller, Lancashire, England. The hall was the centre of a sizeable estate but subsequently fell into disrepair.

    4.8 km · house in Trawden Forest, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    St Bartholomew's Church, Colne

    St Bartholomew's Church is in the town of Colne in Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn.

    400 m · Grade I listed church in Colne, Pendle, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    St James' Church, Briercliffe

    St James' Church is in Church Street, Briercliffe, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Burnley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn and the diocese of Blackburn.

    5.3 km · grade II listed church in Briercliffe, Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Town Hall

    Colne Town Hall is a municipal building in Albert Road, Colne, Lancashire, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Colne Town Council, is a grade II listed building.

    300 m · town hall in Colne, Pendle, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Weets Hill

    Weets Hill is a hill in the West Craven area of Pendle, Lancashire, England. It is 2+1⁄2 miles south-west of the town of Barnoldswick and is 4 miles north-east of Pendle Hill.

    5.7 km · hill in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Christ Church, Nelson

    Christ Church is a church and local ecumenical partnership in Nelson, Lancashire, England. It is situated on Carr Road in the town centre.

    3.4 km · joint Catholic/Methodist church building in Lancashire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Nelson Town Hall

    Nelson Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Square, Nelson, Lancashire, England. The building is the headquarters for both Pendle Borough Council and Nelson Town Council.

    3.3 km · town hall in Nelson, Pendle, Lancashire, England · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Nelson and Colne College

    Nelson & Colne College is a further education college in the town of Nelson, Lancashire, North West of England, providing further education to Pendle and the surrounding districts. It is a tertiary college, offering courses to post-16 students, adult learners and those in employment looking to gain new or additional qualifications.

    3.2 km · college in Lancashire, UK · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Colne

Airports
Leeds Bradford (LBA), 34 km · Manchester (MAN), 57 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 73 km
Stations
Colne railway station, 400 m · Nelson railway station, 3.4 km · Brierfield railway station, 5.3 km
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Colne
    42 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · £5–6
  • Liverpool → Colne
    73 km · quickest by road, 1h 47m · £8–11
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Colne
    121 km · quickest by road, 2h 49m · £14–19
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Colne

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 Colne. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    270 km
  2. 02
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    304 km
  3. 03
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    331 km
  4. 04
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    342 km
  5. 05
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    357 km

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

Around it

Next door to Colne

Colne is 29 km from Bradford, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Nelsontown and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England3.6 km
  • Pendlelocal government district with borough status in Lancashire, England, UK1.4 km
  • Brierfieldtown and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, Lancashire, England5.2 km
  • Barrowfordvillage and civil parish in Lancashire, England3 km
  • Foulridgevillage and civil parish in Lancashire, England1.4 km
  • Laneshaw Bridgevillage and civil parish in Lancashire, UK3.8 km