Accrington Dome
In Accrington, Accrington Dome is a museum. The surrounding 5 km hold one more place to visit. For a second stop, Blackburn Cathedral is 7.7 km away.
Museum in Accrington
Inside Accrington
Accrington Dome is inside Accrington’s built-up area, with 1 more place to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Seasons and weather
For warmth, aim for June to August (17–19°C highs in Accrington).
Accrington Dome
Museum.
In Accrington, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Accrington
Plan your visit
Where to find Accrington Dome
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Accrington Dome is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Accrington’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns near Accrington Dome
Home to 34,897 people, Accrington is the largest of these 8. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.
Accrington
Church
Oswaldtwistle
Clayton-le-Moors
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Accrington Dome is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accrington | It’s in town | 34,897 | 9 |
| Church | 1.1 km northwest of it | 5,030 | 3 |
| Oswaldtwistle | 1.6 km southwest of it | 10,810 | 4 |
| Clayton-le-Moors | 1.8 km northwest of it | 7,969 | 5 |
| Huncoat | 2 km northeast of it | 1,258 | 5 |
| Rishton | 3.2 km northwest of it | 6,653 | 6 |
| Rising Bridge | 3.2 km southeast of it | 639 | 6 |
| Hapton | 3.7 km northeast of it | 2,240 | 8 |
Next door to Accrington Dome
Within 15 km you can add 5 museums, a cathedral and an abbey or priory.
CathedralBlackburn Cathedral7.7 km away2
MuseumHaworth Art Gallery1.5 km away3
Abbey or priory · English HeritageWhalley Abbey8.1 km away4MuseumMuseumGawthorpe Hall7.2 km away5Historic houseHistoric houseMartholme5.3 km away6
MuseumBlackburn Museum and Art Gallery7.9 km away7
MuseumTowneley Hall9.6 km away8
MuseumHelmshore Mills Textile Museum7.2 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Accrington Dome in questions
Where is Accrington Dome?
Accrington Dome is in Accrington, Lancashire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Accrington Dome?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit Accrington Dome?
June to August are the warmest months in Accrington, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Accrington Dome?
Within 15 km: Blackburn Cathedral (7.7 km), Haworth Art Gallery (1.5 km), Whalley Abbey (8.1 km) and Gawthorpe Hall (7.2 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Blackburn Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Haworth Art Gallery: Alexander P Kapp; cropped by Beyond My Ken 20:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whalley Abbey: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery: Museumania, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Towneley Hall: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Helmshore Mills Textile Museum: robert wade, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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