Pendle Heritage Centre
Pendle Heritage Centre is a museum and art gallery. This one is within Barrowford’s built-up area. About 100K people visit each year.
Museum in Barrowford
Inside Barrowford
Pendle Heritage Centre is inside Barrowford’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.
The seasons here
July and August bring the warmest afternoons to Barrowford, at 18–19°C.
Pendle Heritage Centre
Close by, Sawley Abbey is 11 km away, one of 17 within 15 km.
- Type
- Museum
- Visitors
- 100K visitors a year
- Town
- in Barrowford
- Official site
- pendleheritage.co.uk/pendle-heritage-centre
Its place on the map
Orange shows Pendle Heritage Centre; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Barrowford’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where to base yourself
Among the 8, Burnley is the biggest, home to 78,266 people. The towns whose pages list it: the one it is in, those within 5 km of it, then larger towns further out.
Barrowford
Nelson
Colne
Brierfield
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Pendle Heritage Centre is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrowford | It’s in town | 5,887 | 5 |
| Nelson | 600 m south of it | 33,808 | 5 |
| Colne | 600 m east of it | 18,914 | 7 |
| Brierfield | 2.2 km south of it | 10,723 | 9 |
| Fence | 2.5 km southwest of it | 1,585 | 7 |
| Foulridge | 3.3 km northeast of it | 1,212 | 6 |
| Burnley | 4.2 km south of it | 78,266 | 10 |
| Trawden | 4.5 km east of it | 1,204 | 5 |
Each has its own grades, prices and things to do.
Nearby, too
There are 17 within 15 km, 5 museums, 2 abbeys or priories and a castle among them.
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSawley Abbey11 km away2MuseumMuseumGawthorpe Hall7.9 km away3
CastleCastercliff2.6 km away4
Abbey or priory · English HeritageWhalley Abbey14 km away5
MuseumTowneley Hall8.9 km away6
MuseumBancroft Mill6.5 km away7MuseumMuseumQueen Street Mill Textile Museum4.9 km away8
MuseumWeavers' Triangle7.9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to Pendle Heritage Centre: questions
Where is Pendle Heritage Centre?
Pendle Heritage Centre is in Barrowford, Lancashire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Pendle Heritage Centre?
Museum and art gallery in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
How many people visit Pendle Heritage Centre?
About 100K visitors a year.
When is the best time to visit Pendle Heritage Centre?
July and August are the warmest months in Barrowford, with afternoon highs of 18–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Pendle Heritage Centre?
Within 15 km: Sawley Abbey (11 km), Gawthorpe Hall (7.9 km), Castercliff (2.6 km) and Whalley Abbey (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 (7)
- Pendle Heritage Centre: Peter Worrell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sawley Abbey: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Castercliff: Kevin Rushton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whalley Abbey: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Towneley Hall: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bancroft Mill: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Weavers' Triangle: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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