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Photo of the Forest of Bowland, a National Landscape in England.

Forest of BowlandPhoto Robin Cross / Unsplash

Places to explore near Accrington StationAccrington

30 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 1 is a national icon.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal, a 127-mile canal running from Leeds to Liverpool, England.Highlight

Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Canal

The longest single canal in Britain, crossing the Pennines by Bingley's Five Rise Locks and the moors above Burnley.

1.4 km NW · spans 5 counties

Photo of the Forest of Bowland, a National Landscape in England.Iconic

Forest of Bowland

National Landscape near Slaidburn

Wild heather moorland and the Trough of Bowland.

6.6 km N

Photo of Northcote, a restaurant near Langho, Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Northcote

Restaurant · With rooms near Langho

Ribble Valley country-house hotel and restaurant on the edge of the Forest of Bowland.

8 km NW

Photo of Whalley, a village in Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Whalley

Village

Medieval Ribble Valley village of independent shops, a great railway viaduct and the ruins of Whalley Abbey.

8.2 km N · Lancashire

Photo along the Pennine Bridleway, a 205-mile National Trail running from Middleton Top or Hartington to A683 at Cote Moor, England.Highlight

Pennine Bridleway

National Trail

The Pennines for horse and bike — old packhorse trails and drovers' roads.

8.3 km E · spans 6 counties

Photo of Towneley Park, a garden near Burnley, Lancashire, north west England.Highlight

Towneley Park

Garden near Burnley

Burnley's grand 440-acre park of woodland, lawns and lakes around the Grade I hall, gallery and museum.

9.9 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo along the Bronte Way, a 43-mile long-distance path running from Birstall to Padiham, England.

Bronte Way

Long-distance path

Oakwell Hall to Gawthorpe Hall across the Pennine edge — Haworth, Top Withens and the moors behind Wuthering Heights.

7.1 km NE · West Yorkshire & Lancashire

Photo of Gawthorpe Hall, a Grade II registered house & garden near Sabden, Lancashire, north west England.

Gawthorpe Hall

House & garden near Sabden

A Jacobean house of 1600 linked to Robert Smythson, home to a renowned textiles collection.

7.2 km NE

Photo of Whalley Abbey Gatehouse, a ruined abbey in Lancashire, north west England.

Whalley Abbey Gatehouse

Abbey · Cistercian near Whalley

Stone gatehouse of the 1300s that guarded the outer precinct of Whalley's Cistercian abbey, standing beside the village's great railway viaduct.

8 km N

Photo of St Mary's Church, Whalley, a church in Lancashire, north west England.

St Mary's Church, Whalley

Church near Whalley

Old parish church beside Whalley Abbey, keeping three carved Anglo-Saxon crosses in its churchyard.

8 km N

Photo of Corporation Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Blackburn, Lancashire, north west England.

Corporation Park

House & garden near Blackburn

A grand Victorian park of 1857 with two lakes and a Roman-style triumphal arch.

8.2 km W

Photo along the Pendle Way, a 45-mile long-distance path in England.

Pendle Way

Long-distance path

A loop of the Pendle countryside from Barrowford, waymarked with a witch on a broomstick and never far from the hill itself.

8.8 km NE · Lancashire & North Yorkshire

Photo of Witton Country Park, a country park near Blackburn, Lancashire, north west England.

Witton Country Park

Country park near Blackburn

A country park in Lancashire.

9.3 km W

Roaming Roosters

Farm & farm shop near Higham

Farm butchery, bistro and coffee room at Higham near Pendle, curing its own bacon and rearing its own meat.

9.4 km NE

Photo of St Peter's Church, Burnley, a church in Lancashire, north west England.

St Peter's Church, Burnley

Church near Burnley

Burnley's ancient parish church, dating from 1122 and celebrated for the ring of its bells.

9.6 km NE

Everything else within 10 km (15) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.