Oswaldtwistle
Oswaldtwistle is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England, 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Blackburn, contiguous with Accrington.
Oswaldtwistle is a town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England, 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Blackburn, contiguous with Accrington. The town has a rich industrial heritage, being home to James Hargreaves, inventor of the spinning jenny, and Robert "Parsley" Peel of calico printing fame. The Leeds and Liverpool Canal passes through the town and was responsible for the export of much of the area's cotton produce.
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Worth seeing in and around Oswaldtwistle
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.
- 01Crown 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.
2.9 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Blackburn Cathedral
Blackburn Cathedral, officially known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin with Saint Paul, is a Church of England cathedral situated in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. The site on which the cathedral stands has been home to a parish church for over a thousand years, and the first stone church was built there in Norman times, though the building was completely rebuilt in the 19th century.
5.8 km · church in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Jaame Masjid
The Jaame Masjid, also known as the Jaame Masjid Islamic Cultural Centre, is a mosque, located on Lambert Street in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, in the United Kingdom. The congregation was established from a house in 1962, incorporating two terrace houses, and has since been expanded on several occasions.
4.7 km · mosque in Blackburn, Lancashire, England · Wikipedia - 04St 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.
1.6 km · church in Church, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05Holy Trinity Church, Blackburn
Holy Trinity Church is in Mount Pleasant, Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It is a former Anglican parish church which is now redundant and under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
5.4 km · church in Blackburn, UK · Wikipedia - 06Haworth 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.
2.5 km · art gallery, museum and park in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 07Immanuel 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.
1.2 km · grade II listed church in Hyndburn, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 08Accrington 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.
2.2 km · municipal building in Accrington, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09Great Harwood Town Hall
Great Harwood Town Hall is a municipal building in Town Hall Square, Great Harwood, Lancashire, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Great Harwood Urban District Council Council, is a grade II listed building.
4.8 km · town hall in Great Harwood, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 10Dunkenhalgh
The Dunkenhalgh is a country manor in Lancashire, on the outskirts of Clayton-le-Moors near the river Hyndburn. Originally a large country house in Tudor style, it was later converted into a hotel.
2.6 km · house in Hyndburn, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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Getting to Oswaldtwistle
- Airports
- Manchester (MAN), 44 km · Leeds Bradford (LBA), 50 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 54 km
- Stations
- Blackburn railway station, 5.7 km · Huncoat railway station, 4.5 km · Rishton railway station, 2.9 km · Accrington railway station, 1.9 km · Church and Oswaldtwistle railway station, 800 m
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Oswaldtwistle31 km · quickest by road, 58 min · £3.5–4.5
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Oswaldtwistle56 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · £8–11
- Liverpool → Oswaldtwistle53 km · quickest by road, 1h 27m · £6–9
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No local-transport research exists yet for Oswaldtwistle
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 Oswaldtwistle. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Oswaldtwistle
Oswaldtwistle is 21 km from Preston, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Blackburntown in Lancashire, England, UK5.5 km
- Accringtontown in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England2.2 km
- Hyndburnlocal government district with borough status in Lancashire, England2.9 km
- Great Harwoodtown in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England4.4 km
- Rishtontown in the Hyndburn district of Lancashire, England3.5 km
- Althamvillage in Lancashire, England5.4 km