Padiham

Worth seeing in and around Padiham

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
   Burnley

   Burnley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2021 population of 78,266. It is 21 miles north of Manchester and 20 miles east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun.

   4.2 km · market town in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Turf Moor

   Turf Moor is an association football stadium in Burnley, Lancashire, England, which has been the home of Burnley F.C. since 1883. This unbroken service makes Turf Moor the second-longest continuously used ground in English professional football.

   5.4 km · stadium · Wikipedia
3. 03
   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.

   5.3 km · football stadium · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Gawthorpe Hall

   Gawthorpe Hall is an Elizabethan country house on the banks of the River Calder, in Ightenhill, a civil parish in the Borough of Burnley, Lancashire, England. Its estate extends into Padiham, with the Stockbridge Drive entrance situated there.

   1.2 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
5. 05
   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.

   4.8 km · hill in Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Jamia Mosque Sultania

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

   5.8 km · mosque in Brierfield, Pendle, Lancashire, England · Wikipedia
7. 07
   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.

   1.7 km · Grade I listed English country house in Hapton, Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Church of St Mary of the Assumption, Burnley

   The Church of St Mary of the Assumption is in Yorkshire Street, Burnley, Lancashire, England. It is an active Roman Catholic parish church in the diocese of Salford.

   5.1 km · grade II listed catholic church in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Holy Trinity Church, Burnley

   Holy Trinity Church is in Accrington Road, Burnley, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant Anglican parish church, and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

   3.6 km · grade II listed church in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Thompson Park

    Thompson Park is a formal Edwardian park in Burnley, Lancashire. It was opened to the public in 1930.

    4.9 km · park in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Padiham

Airports

Leeds Bradford (LBA), 43 km · Manchester (MAN), 50 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 62 km

Stations

Burnley Central railway station, 4.3 km · Huncoat railway station, 3.6 km · Hapton railway station, 1.7 km · Rose Grove railway station, 2.2 km · Burnley Barracks railway station, 3.5 km

• Leeds, West Yorkshire → Padiham

  50 km · quickest by road, 1h 36m · £8–11
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• Manchester, Greater Manchester → Padiham

  36 km · quickest by road, 55 min · £3.5–5
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• Liverpool → Padiham

  62 km · quickest by road, 1h 34m · £7–10
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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 Padiham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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