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Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham, nr Burnley, Lancashire BB12 8UA Tel:
01282 771004 An Elizabethan house with rich interiors and an
important textile collection. National trust charges apply. About
7 miles north east of Accrington.
The East Lancashire Railway
was opened in 1846 to link the Manchester to Bolton line with
Radcliffe and was a popular passenger and freight route which
served the Irwell Valley from Bury, via Ramsbottom, to Rawtenstall
and beyond. 1972 saw the last passengers travel on the Bury to
Rawtenstall section, and that would have been the end of an era
had the East Lancashire Preservation Society not been committed
to restoring the line to its former glory. The line was reopened
in 1991. www.east-lancs-rly.co.uk. About 6 miles south of Accrington.
Lewis Textile Museum, Exchange Street, Blackburn, BB1 7JN, Lancashire.
Tel: 01254 667 130. Opened in 1938. The history of Blackburn's
cotton industry. Costume and Textile based exhibitions. A replica
of Hargreaves' Spinning Jenny. About 7 miles west of Accrington.
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