Blackburn Cathedral heads the list around Oswaldtwistle
Nothing is mapped inside Oswaldtwistle’s built-up area, but 4 places to visit are within 5 km of its edge. They include 3 museums and a cathedral. Beyond the town, the best known is English Football Hall of Fame, 30 km off.
The first to see around Oswaldtwistle
Close behind Blackburn Cathedral are 3 museums.
CathedralBlackburn Cathedral3.9 km outside town, to the west
MuseumHaworth Art Gallery1.5 km outside town, to the east
MuseumBlackburn Museum and Art Gallery4.1 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumAccrington Dome1.6 km outside town, to the northeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Map of the places
The map puts most of the 4 to the west.
The dashed line is Oswaldtwistle’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Sorted by kind
The biggest group is museums or galleries, with 3 of the 4.
Green: inside Oswaldtwistle. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of them, one by one
Each of the 4 is within 5 km of its edge.
Haworth Art Gallery
Art gallery, museum and park in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
Museum in Lancashire, England.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
6 listed buildings are on Oswaldtwistle’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Oswaldtwistle →
For a day out
English Football Hall of Fame, 30 km away, is the best known of the 12.
MuseumEnglish Football Hall of Fame30 km south
CathedralManchester Cathedral30 km south
Art galleryManchester Art Gallery31 km south
Abbey or priory · English HeritageWhalley Abbey8.6 km north
MuseumThe Manchester Museum33 km south
Big drawMuseumScience and Industry Museum31 km south · 830K visitors a year
MuseumImperial War Museum North31 km south · 2K visitors a year
MuseumChetham's Library30 km south
MuseumPendle Heritage Centre18 km northeast · 100K visitors a yearMuseumMuseumGawthorpe Hall9.6 km northeast
MuseumNational Football Museum30 km south
CastleSkipton Castle35 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Oswaldtwistle (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Visiting Oswaldtwistle: questions
What is there to see near Oswaldtwistle?
No attraction is mapped inside Oswaldtwistle itself. Within 5 km of it are Blackburn Cathedral, Haworth Art Gallery, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery and Accrington Dome.
Does Oswaldtwistle have a museum?
3 museums and galleries are in or within 5 km of Oswaldtwistle: Haworth Art Gallery, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery and Accrington Dome.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Oswaldtwistle?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Whalley Abbey (English Heritage), 8.6 km north.
What are the best-known days out near Oswaldtwistle?
Within 40 km: English Football Hall of Fame (30 km), Manchester Cathedral (30 km), Manchester Art Gallery (31 km), Whalley Abbey (8.6 km).
Where are Oswaldtwistle’s historic buildings listed?
Oswaldtwistle has 6 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Oswaldtwistle when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
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 (14)
- Blackburn Cathedral: JohnArmagh, Public domain, 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
- Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery: Museumania, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- English Football Hall of Fame: Marnanel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Manchester Cathedral: 瑞丽江的河水, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Manchester Art Gallery: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Whalley Abbey: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Manchester Museum: DrPhoenix, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Science and Industry Museum: Science Museum Group, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Imperial War Museum North: Imperial_War_Museum_2008.jpg: pit-yacker from UK derivative work: IxK85, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chetham's Library: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pendle Heritage Centre: Peter Worrell, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Football Museum: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Skipton Castle: Davegill70, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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