Museum · Barnoldswick · Lancashire

Bancroft Mill

Bancroft Mill is a mill museum in Barnoldswick, Pendle, Lancashire. Around it, within 15 km, lie 16 more places, Pendle Heritage Centre (6.5 km) first on our list. It is written up in 2 Wikipedias.

Photo: Bancroft Mill, Chris Allen (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Barnoldswick

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 17–19°C

In brief

Museum in Barnoldswick

Inside Barnoldswick

Bancroft Mill is inside Barnoldswick’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.

When to go

The year in Barnoldswick

If warmth matters, go June to August: Barnoldswick reaches 17–19°C.

Jan6° / 1°131 mm

Feb6° / 1°112 mm

Mar8° / 2°94 mm

Apr11° / 3°70 mm

May15° / 6°76 mm

Jun17° / 9°90 mm

Jul19° / 11°102 mm

Aug19° / 11°112 mm

Sep16° / 9°110 mm

Oct12° / 6°129 mm

Nov9° / 3°133 mm

Dec6° / 1°158 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Barnoldswick, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Barnoldswick. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Barnoldswick’s full climate →

About

Bancroft Mill

Mill museum in Barnoldswick, Pendle, Lancashire, England, UK.

In Barnoldswick, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Barnoldswick
Official site: bancroftmill.org.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Getting to Bancroft Mill

Bancroft Mill is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Bases near Bancroft Mill

The 8 towns are led in size by Colne, with 18,914 people. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Barnoldswick

10,915 people · 2 places to visit

2 · 2.4 km east of it

Earby

4,416 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 2.7 km east of it

Sough

507 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 3.3 km northeast of it

Thornton-in-Craven

455 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Bancroft Mill is	People	Places to visit
Barnoldswick	It’s in town	10,915	2
Earby	2.4 km east of it	4,416	2
Sough	2.7 km east of it	507	2
Thornton-in-Craven	3.3 km northeast of it	455	2
Foulridge	3.6 km south of it	1,212	6
Barrowford	4.6 km south of it	5,887	5
Colne	4.8 km south of it	18,914	7
Gisburn	5 km northwest of it	567	1

Make a day of it

Next door to Bancroft Mill

Among the 16 within 15 km are 5 museums, 2 castles and an abbey or priory.

MuseumPendle Heritage Centre6.5 km away · 100K visitors a year 2

CastleSkipton Castle13 km away 3

Abbey or priory · English HeritageSawley Abbey9.8 km away 4MuseumMuseumGawthorpe Hall14 km away 5

CastleCastercliff7.8 km away 6

MuseumCraven Museum13 km away 7

MuseumClitheroe Castle Museum14 km away 8

MuseumWeavers' Triangle14 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Know before you visit Bancroft Mill

Where is Bancroft Mill?

Bancroft Mill is in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Bancroft Mill?

Mill museum in Barnoldswick, Pendle, Lancashire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Bancroft Mill?

June to August are the warmest months in Barnoldswick, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Bancroft Mill?

Within 15 km: Pendle Heritage Centre (6.5 km), Skipton Castle (13 km), Sawley Abbey (9.8 km) and Gawthorpe Hall (14 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 (8)

Bancroft Mill: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Pendle Heritage Centre: Peter Worrell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Skipton Castle: Davegill70, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sawley Abbey: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Castercliff: Kevin Rushton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Craven Museum: JHillCDC, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Clitheroe Castle Museum: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Weavers' Triangle: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

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