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Helmshore Mills Textile Museum

Helmshore Mills Textile Museum is a wool and cotton mills. This one is within Haslingden’s built-up area. Running it is Lancashire County Council.

Photo: Helmshore Mills Textile Museum, robert wade (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Haslingden

inside the built-up area

Run by

Lancashire County Council

the operator on record

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 Haslingden

Inside Haslingden

Helmshore Mills Textile Museum is inside Haslingden’s built-up area, with 3 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 best months to visit

June to August are the warmest in Haslingden, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C.

Jan6° / 1°146 mm

Feb6° / 1°126 mm

Mar8° / 2°105 mm

Apr12° / 4°83 mm

May15° / 7°82 mm

Jun17° / 10°96 mm

Jul19° / 12°103 mm

Aug19° / 12°116 mm

Sep16° / 9°118 mm

Oct12° / 7°142 mm

Nov9° / 4°146 mm

Dec6° / 2°168 mm

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

About

Helmshore Mills Textile Museum

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 2 languages. A short trip away is Blackburn Cathedral, 11 km off, the first of 26 within 15 km.

Type: Museum
Run by: Lancashire County Council
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Haslingden
Official site: lancashire.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture/museums/helmshore-mills-textile-museum

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

The map

Where to find Helmshore Mills Textile Museum

Find Helmshore Mills Textile Museum in orange; each number is a place listed below.

Towns near it

Towns around Helmshore Mills Textile Museum, by distance

Accrington tops the 7 for size, at 34,897 people. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · It’s in town

Haslingden

16,005 people · 6 places to visit

2 · 1.9 km northeast of it

Rawtenstall

23,683 people · 6 places to visit

3 · 2.2 km southeast of it

Edenfield

2,048 people · 4 places to visit

4 · 2.7 km southeast of it

Stubbins

827 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Helmshore Mills Textile Museum is	People	Places to visit
Haslingden	It’s in town	16,005	6
Rawtenstall	1.9 km northeast of it	23,683	6
Edenfield	2.2 km southeast of it	2,048	4
Stubbins	2.7 km southeast of it	827	4
Rising Bridge	2.9 km north of it	639	6
Ramsbottom	4.1 km south of it	17,074	9
Accrington	4.2 km north of it	34,897	9

Make a day of it

Around Helmshore Mills Textile Museum

Around it, within 15 km, lie 26 more, including 6 museums, a cathedral and a heritage railway.

CathedralBlackburn Cathedral11 km away 2

MuseumBolton Art Gallery, Library & Museum14 km away 3

MuseumHaworth Art Gallery5.7 km away 4

MuseumTurton Tower7.9 km away 5MuseumMuseumGawthorpe Hall13 km away 6Heritage railwayHeritage railwayEast Lancashire Railway11 km away 7

MuseumHall i' th' Wood Museum11 km away 8

MuseumBlackburn Museum and Art Gallery12 km away

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

Helmshore Mills Textile Museum, answered

Where is Helmshore Mills Textile Museum?

Helmshore Mills Textile Museum is in Haslingden, Lancashire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Helmshore Mills Textile Museum?

Wool and cotton mills in Lancashire, England.

Who runs Helmshore Mills Textile Museum?

Lancashire County Council.

When is the best time to visit Helmshore Mills Textile Museum?

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

What else is there to see near Helmshore Mills Textile Museum?

Within 15 km: Blackburn Cathedral (11 km), Bolton Art Gallery, Library & Museum (14 km), Haworth Art Gallery (5.7 km) and Turton Tower (7.9 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)

Helmshore Mills Textile Museum: robert wade, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blackburn Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Bolton Art Gallery, Library & Museum: The original uploader was Austen Redman at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, 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
Turton Tower: Austen Redman at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
Hall i' th' Wood Museum: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery: Museumania, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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