Haslingden

Worth seeing in and around Haslingden

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
   Musbury Tor

   Musbury Tor or Tor Hill is a flat-topped hill in south-east Lancashire, England. It overlooks the village of Helmshore and separates Alden Valley to its south and Musbury Valley to its north.

   2.8 km · hill in Lancashire, England · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Rawtenstall railway station

   Rawtenstall railway station serves the town of Rawtenstall, in Lancashire, England; it is the northern terminus of the heritage East Lancashire Railway. It was formerly on the national railway network on the line between Bacup, Bury and Manchester.

   2.4 km · Northern teminus of the East Lancashire heritage railway in England · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   3.2 km · church in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
4. 04
   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.

   4.4 km · art gallery, museum and park in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
5. 05
   St John's Church, Rawtenstall

   St John's Church is a redundant Anglican church in Newchurch Road, Cloughfold, Rawtenstall, Rossendale, Lancashire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

   3.6 km · church in Cloughfold, Rawtenstall, 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.

   5 km · church in Newchurch, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
7. 07
   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.

   2.9 km · municipal building in England · Wikipedia
8. 08
   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.

   2.8 km · protestant church building in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   St Paul's Church, Constable Lee

   St Paul's Church is in Burnley Road, Constable Lee, Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Rossendale, the archdeaconry of Bolton, and the diocese of Manchester.

   2.7 km · grade II listed church in Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    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.

    5.9 km · municipal building in Accrington, Lancashire, England, UK · 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 Haslingden

Airports

Manchester (MAN), 40 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 47 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 54 km

Stations

Haslingden railway station, 700 m · Irwell Vale railway station, 3.2 km · Ewood Bridge and Edenfield railway station, 2.7 km · Helmshore railway station, 2.2 km · Stubbins railway station, 5.3 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Haslingden

  52 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · £7–9
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• Liverpool → Haslingden

  54 km · quickest by road, 1h 23m · £7–9
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• Nottingham, Leicestershire → Haslingden

  114 km · quickest by road, 3h 9m · £13–17
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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 Haslingden. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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