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Attractions near Pennine Cottage
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This is a list of the attractions near this property that are featured on AboutBritain.com
It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all attractions near this property.
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Rochdale Art Gallery
(3 Miles)*
Touchstones is an exciting arts and heritage centre that has something special for everyone. The site consists of Art Galleries, Museum, Local Studies Centre and Tourist Information Centre. |
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Rossendale Museum
(7 Miles)*
Rossendale Museum is housed in a 19th century mill owner's residence built in 1840 for the Hardman family, overlooking their woollen mill at New Hall Hey |
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Hardcastle Crags
(9 Miles)*
Walkers, naturalists and those interested in spotting the rare northern hairy wood ant will enjoy the 400 acres of unspoilt woodland which makes up the National Trust property of Hardcastle Crags. |
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Saddleworth Museum & Art Gallery
(9 Miles)*
Saddleworth Museum and Art Gallery is full of intriguing objects from the past and tells the story of the people who have created Saddleworth's landscape and character |
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Heaton Hall
(9 Miles)*
A magnificent neo-classical country house with beautifully restored 18th century interiors, set in 650 acres of rolling parkland. |
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Marsden Moor
(9 Miles)*
Straddling the well-known Pennine Way Marsden Moor offers pre Roman archaeology. |
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Haworth Art Gallery
(11 Miles)*
Originally called Hollins Hill, the Gallery is a Tudor-style Edwardian house designed and built for William Haworth and his sister Anne in 1909 by Walter Brierley, FSA of York. It is now Accrington's art gallery. |
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Queen Street Mill Textile Museum
(11 Miles)*
Steam Powered Weaving is brought to Life at Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, the world's last 19th century steam powered weaving mill. |
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Portland Basin Museum
(11 Miles)*
Portland Basin Museum is the centrepiece of the recently rebuilt Ashton Canal Warehouse, now looking much as it did in 1834 when it was first built. |
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Gawthorpe Hall
(12 Miles)*
Gawthorpe Hall was built between 1600 and 1605 for the Shuttleworth family who had already been at Gawthorpe for over 200 years. |
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Towns near Pennine Cottage
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Whitworth
(2 Miles)*
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Littleborough
(2 Miles)*
Despite its name, Littleborough is one of the larger settlements in the borough, yet retains its village atmosphere. It gained importance, because it stood at the junction of two ancient routes over the Pennines. |
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Rochdale
(3 Miles)*
Visit the borough of Rochdale and you will find a wealth of fascinating heritage and beautiful countryside that makes this a great area to explore. |
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Milnrow
(4 Miles)*
Junction 21 on the M62 is where you will find Milnrow. Although Milnrow's history goes back to the Norman Conquest it is remembered for wool and the weaving of wool. |
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Todmorden
(5 Miles)*
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Heywood
(5 Miles)*
The town of Heywood, three miles west of Rochdale, has its origins in the 13th century, but the area owes much of its charm and character to Robert Peel, (the father of Sir Robert Peel, originator of Britain's first police force). |
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Royton
(6 Miles)*
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Edenfield
(6 Miles)*
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Moorside
(6 Miles)*
Moorside, Oldham, is indeed beside the moors. Only a cockstride away (meaning: adjacent to) are the Saddleworth moors and the beautiful Saddleworth villages, five in all. |
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Rawtenstall
(6 Miles)*
Rawtenstall, pronounced Rotten-stall by the locals, is a pretty Lancashire town in the Rossendale Valley. |
