Lancashire's Hill Country
Lancashire's Hill Country is made up of five different districts including Burnley, Pendle, Blackburn with Darwen, Ribble Valley and Rossendale.
East Lancashire has traditionally been the industrial heart of the county. The woollen, and more famously the cotton industry dominated the area’s economy. Although the county retains a thriving weaving industry, this area is now very welcoming to visitors with a number of noteworthy visitor attractions to explore that recall East Lancashire’s rich industrial heritage. Nowhere else in Britain can you visit a weaving mill and see hundreds of clattering looms still driven by the original steam engine at Queen Street Mill, Burnley.
The impressive mansions in which the mill owners lived also make a fascinating group visit. 17th-century Gawthorpe Hall, for example, holds works from the National Portrait Gallery. Many other historic properties feature in Lancashire Museum’s Bringing History Alive scheme, reproducing carefully researched scenes showing different aspects of life at various locations.
Another popular activity is mill shopping, with probably the greatest concentration of mill shops in the country selling a wide range of household goods and clothing at value for-money-prices.
The beautiful countryside stretching from the Pennines to the central plain of Lancashire also offers many possibilities. Visit Pendle Hill where George Fox had a ‘vision’ that led him to start the Quaker movement, take a boat trip along the Leeds and Liverpool Canal or follow the trail of the Lancashire Witches.
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