Queen Street Mill Textile Museum
Queen Street Mill Textile Museum is a museum in Burnley. It is managed by Lancashire County Council. A short trip away is Pendle Heritage Centre, 4.9 km off, the first of 22 within 15 km.
Museum in Burnley
Inside Burnley
Queen Street Mill Textile Museum is inside Burnley’s built-up area, with 6 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.
Seasons and weather
In Burnley, June to August bring the warmest days: highs of 18–20°C.
Queen Street Mill Textile Museum
Museum in Burnley, England, United Kingdom.
It is run by Lancashire County Council.
In Burnley, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Run by
- Lancashire County Council
- Town
- in Burnley
Practical details
- EntryA fee is charged
Where Queen Street Mill Textile Museum is
Orange is Queen Street Mill Textile Museum; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Burnley’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns
The most populous of the 7 is Burnley, at 78,266. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Burnley
Brierfield
Nelson
Worsthorne
Compare the 7 towns
| Town | Where Queen Street Mill Textile Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnley | It’s in town | 78,266 | 10 |
| Brierfield | 1.2 km northwest of it | 10,723 | 9 |
| Nelson | 1.3 km north of it | 33,808 | 5 |
| Worsthorne | 2.3 km south of it | 971 | 4 |
| Barrowford | 3.5 km north of it | 5,887 | 5 |
| Colne | 3.9 km northeast of it | 18,914 | 7 |
| Fence | 4.3 km northwest of it | 1,585 | 7 |
Around Queen Street Mill Textile Museum
4 museums, 2 abbeys or priories and 2 castles are among the 22 within 15 km.
MuseumPendle Heritage Centre4.9 km away · 100K visitors a year2MuseumMuseumGawthorpe Hall6.1 km away3
MuseumTowneley Hall4.3 km away4
Abbey or priory · English HeritageWhalley Abbey14 km away5
MuseumWeavers' Triangle3.9 km away6
Abbey or priory · English HeritageSawley Abbey15 km away7
CastleCastercliff3.9 km away8
CastleDobroyd Castle13 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
A visit to Queen Street Mill Textile Museum: questions
Where is Queen Street Mill Textile Museum?
Queen Street Mill Textile Museum is in Burnley, Lancashire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Queen Street Mill Textile Museum?
Museum in Burnley, England, United Kingdom.
Who runs Queen Street Mill Textile Museum?
Lancashire County Council.
When is the best time to visit Queen Street Mill Textile Museum?
June to August are the warmest months in Burnley, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Queen Street Mill Textile Museum?
Within 15 km: Pendle Heritage Centre (4.9 km), Gawthorpe Hall (6.1 km), Towneley Hall (4.3 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
- Towneley Hall: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whalley Abbey: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Weavers' Triangle: Betty Longbottom, 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
- Dobroyd Castle: Dvprknsn at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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