The Whitaker
Set in Rawtenstall, The Whitaker is a museum. Another 3 places to visit lie within 5 km. Nearby, Blackburn Cathedral (13 km) leads the list.
Museum in Rawtenstall
Inside Rawtenstall
The Whitaker is inside Rawtenstall’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.
Weather, month by month
Expect highs of 17–19°C in Rawtenstall from June to August.
The Whitaker
Museum in Rossendale, United Kingdom.
In Rawtenstall, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Rawtenstall
- Official site
- thewhitaker.org
Getting in
Where to find The Whitaker
Find The Whitaker in orange; each number is a place listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Rawtenstall’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The towns around The Whitaker
Home to 34,897 people, Accrington is the largest of these 8. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Rawtenstall
Haslingden
Edenfield
Rising Bridge
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where The Whitaker is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rawtenstall | It’s in town | 23,683 | 6 |
| Haslingden | 900 m west of it | 16,005 | 6 |
| Edenfield | 2.3 km south of it | 2,048 | 4 |
| Rising Bridge | 2.7 km northwest of it | 639 | 6 |
| Bacup | 3.7 km east of it | 13,559 | 2 |
| Stubbins | 3.9 km south of it | 827 | 4 |
| Accrington | 4.1 km northwest of it | 34,897 | 9 |
| Ramsbottom | 4.9 km south of it | 17,074 | 9 |
Beyond The Whitaker
5 museums, a cathedral and a castle are among the 24 within 15 km.
CathedralBlackburn Cathedral13 km away2
MuseumHelmshore Mills Textile Museum2.9 km away3
MuseumHaworth Art Gallery5.8 km away4MuseumMuseumGawthorpe Hall11 km away5
MuseumTurton Tower11 km away6
MuseumTowneley Hall9.6 km away7
CastleDobroyd Castle13 km away8Heritage railwayHeritage railwayEast Lancashire Railway12 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is The Whitaker?
The Whitaker is in Rawtenstall, Lancashire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is The Whitaker?
Museum in Rossendale, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit The Whitaker?
June to August are the warmest months in Rawtenstall, with afternoon highs of 17–19°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The Whitaker?
Within 15 km: Blackburn Cathedral (13 km), Helmshore Mills Textile Museum (2.9 km), Haworth Art Gallery (5.8 km) and Gawthorpe Hall (11 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)
- The Whitaker: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Blackburn Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Helmshore Mills Textile Museum: robert wade, 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
- Turton Tower: Austen Redman at English Wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Towneley Hall: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dobroyd Castle: Dvprknsn at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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