Gawthorpe Hall
Gawthorpe Hall is a grade I listed historic house museum. This one is within Padiham’s built-up area. A short trip away is Pendle Heritage Centre, 7.9 km off, the first of 24 within 15 km.
Museum in Padiham
Inside Padiham
Gawthorpe Hall is inside Padiham’s built-up area, with 2 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Grade I listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Padiham has 31 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The climate through the year
Expect highs of 18–20°C in Padiham from June to August.
Gawthorpe Hall
There are Wikipedia articles on it in 5 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Listed
- Grade I listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 5 languages
- Town
- in Padiham
Plan your visit
- EntryA fee is charged
Where to find Gawthorpe Hall
Spot Gawthorpe Hall in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Padiham’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns near Gawthorpe Hall
The biggest base of the 8 is Burnley (78,266 people). All of these towns include it on their pages.
Padiham
Burnley
Higham
Hapton
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Gawthorpe Hall is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Padiham | It’s in town | 10,121 | 4 |
| Burnley | 500 m east of it | 78,266 | 10 |
| Higham | 1.9 km north of it | 845 | 2 |
| Hapton | 2.1 km southwest of it | 2,240 | 8 |
| Read | 2.9 km west of it | 2,049 | 4 |
| Fence | 3.2 km northeast of it | 1,585 | 7 |
| Brierfield | 3.6 km northeast of it | 10,723 | 9 |
| Sabden | 3.8 km northwest of it | 1,582 | 4 |
After Gawthorpe Hall
Our list has 24 more within 15 km, among them 4 museums, 2 abbeys or priories and a cathedral.
MuseumPendle Heritage Centre7.9 km away · 100K visitors a year2
CathedralBlackburn Cathedral14 km away3
Abbey or priory · English HeritageWhalley Abbey7.8 km away4
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSawley Abbey13 km away5
MuseumWeavers' Triangle3.7 km away6
MuseumTowneley Hall5.7 km away7Historic houseHistoric houseMartholme5.4 km away8
MuseumHaworth Art Gallery8 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Planning a visit to Gawthorpe Hall
Where is Gawthorpe Hall?
Gawthorpe Hall is in Padiham, Lancashire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Gawthorpe Hall?
Grade I listed historic house museum in Lancashire, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Gawthorpe Hall?
June to August are the warmest months in Padiham, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Gawthorpe Hall a listed building?
Yes: Grade I listed building.
What else is there to see near Gawthorpe Hall?
Within 15 km: Pendle Heritage Centre (7.9 km), Blackburn Cathedral (14 km), Whalley Abbey (7.8 km) and Sawley Abbey (13 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 (7)
- Pendle Heritage Centre: Peter Worrell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blackburn Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Whalley Abbey: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sawley Abbey: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Weavers' Triangle: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Towneley Hall: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
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