Weavers' Triangle
Weavers' Triangle is a historic textie-producing area with a cotton museum. This one is within Burnley’s built-up area. Top of the 23 other places within 15 km is Gawthorpe Hall, 3.7 km off.
Museum in Burnley
Inside Burnley
Weavers' Triangle is inside Burnley’s built-up area, with 5 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.
Month by month in Burnley
For warmth, aim for June to August (18–20°C highs in Burnley).
Weavers' Triangle
It is written up in 2 Wikipedias.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Burnley
- Official site
- weaverstriangle.co.uk
Getting to Weavers' Triangle
The map puts Weavers' Triangle in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Burnley’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns around Weavers' Triangle, by distance
The most populous of the 8 is Burnley, at 78,266. Every town below has its own grades, prices and places to visit.
Burnley
Hapton
Brierfield
Worsthorne
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Weavers' Triangle is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnley | It’s in town | 78,266 | 10 |
| Hapton | 2.9 km west of it | 2,240 | 8 |
| Brierfield | 3.1 km north of it | 10,723 | 9 |
| Worsthorne | 3.4 km east of it | 971 | 4 |
| Padiham | 3.4 km west of it | 10,121 | 4 |
| Cliviger | 4.1 km southeast of it | 569 | 3 |
| Nelson | 4.8 km northeast of it | 33,808 | 5 |
| Fence | 5 km north of it | 1,585 | 7 |
Close to Weavers' Triangle
Nearby, 23 places within 15 km include 5 museums, an abbey or priory and a castle.
MuseumPendle Heritage Centre7.9 km away · 100K visitors a year3
MuseumTowneley Hall2.1 km away4
Abbey or priory · English HeritageWhalley Abbey11 km away5
MuseumHaworth Art Gallery8.8 km away6MuseumMuseumQueen Street Mill Textile Museum3.9 km away7
CastleDobroyd Castle12 km away8Historic houseHistoric houseMartholme8.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Weavers' Triangle
Where is Weavers' Triangle?
Weavers' Triangle is in Burnley, Lancashire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Weavers' Triangle?
Historic textie-producing area with a cotton museum in Lancashire, England.
When is the best time to visit Weavers' Triangle?
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 Weavers' Triangle?
Within 15 km: Gawthorpe Hall (3.7 km), Pendle Heritage Centre (7.9 km), Towneley Hall (2.1 km) and Whalley Abbey (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 (6)
- Weavers' Triangle: Betty Longbottom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Haworth Art Gallery: Alexander P Kapp; cropped by Beyond My Ken 20:33, 28 August 2011 (UTC), CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dobroyd Castle: Dvprknsn at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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