Museum · Padiham · Lancashire

Gawthorpe Textiles Collection

Visitors to Padiham can see Gawthorpe Textiles Collection, a museum. Nearby, 2 more places to visit are within 5 km. The first name on our list around it is Gawthorpe Hall, 100 m away.

Where

In Padiham

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

Jun–Aug

highs of 18–20°C

In brief

Museum in Padiham

Inside Padiham

Gawthorpe Textiles Collection is inside Padiham’s built-up area, with 2 more places 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 seasons here

Highs of 18–20°C mark June to August in Padiham.

Jan7° / 2°104 mm

Feb7° / 2°98 mm

Mar9° / 3°84 mm

Apr13° / 5°65 mm

May16° / 7°67 mm

Jun18° / 10°81 mm

Jul20° / 12°90 mm

Aug20° / 12°97 mm

Sep17° / 10°97 mm

Oct13° / 7°115 mm

Nov10° / 4°119 mm

Dec7° / 2°136 mm

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

About

Gawthorpe Textiles Collection

Museum in Burnley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

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

Type: Museum
Town: in Padiham
Official site: gawthorpetextiles.org.uk

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

The map

Locating Gawthorpe Textiles Collection

Gawthorpe Textiles Collection sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

The nearest towns to Gawthorpe Textiles Collection

Largest of the 8 is Burnley, home to 78,266. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

Padiham

10,121 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 500 m east of it

Burnley

78,266 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 1.9 km north of it

Higham

845 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 2.1 km southwest of it

Hapton

2,240 people · 8 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Gawthorpe Textiles Collection 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	3.7 km northeast of it	10,723	9
Sabden	3.8 km northwest of it	1,582	4

Make a day of it

Beyond Gawthorpe Textiles Collection

4 museums, 2 abbeys or priories and a cathedral are among the 24 within 15 km.

1MuseumMuseumGawthorpe Hall100 m away 2

MuseumPendle Heritage Centre7.9 km away · 100K visitors a year 3

CathedralBlackburn Cathedral14 km away 4

Abbey or priory · English HeritageWhalley Abbey7.8 km away 5

Abbey or priory · English HeritageSawley Abbey13 km away 6

MuseumWeavers' Triangle3.7 km away 7

MuseumTowneley Hall5.7 km away 8Historic houseHistoric houseMartholme5.4 km away

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

Questions before you go

Where is Gawthorpe Textiles Collection?

Gawthorpe Textiles Collection is in Padiham, Lancashire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Gawthorpe Textiles Collection?

Museum in Burnley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

When is the best time to visit Gawthorpe Textiles Collection?

June to August are the warmest months in Padiham, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Gawthorpe Textiles Collection?

Within 15 km: Gawthorpe Hall (100 m), Pendle Heritage Centre (7.9 km), Blackburn Cathedral (14 km) and Whalley Abbey (7.8 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)

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

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