• Language
    Language

0

To build your own Itinerary, click Add to Excursion to add an item to your Itinerary basket.

Already saved an Itinerary?

Heritage Cycle Trail

Type:Cycle Route

Burnley, Lancashire, BB10 2HX

Add Heritage Cycle Trail to your Itinerary

Heritage Cycle Trail
Unearth the stories of life in the past for both the rich and poor as you cycle along through Lancashire’s landscape, discovering the place that once led the world in cotton production.

Working mills, rich landowners’ mansions, Victorian schoolrooms and beautiful parkland can all be found in the mill town of Burnley.

Start your journey at Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, the last surviving operational steam powered weaving mill in the world. Then go along the river and canal until you get to The Weavers’ Triangle Visitor Centre and discover what it was like to live in a 19th century mill town.

Take a different route and start your journey at Towneley Hall where you can enjoy the beautiful parkland and visit the former home of the Towneley family. After exploring the house, meander through...Read More

Book Tickets

Opening Times

Open 1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025

Directions

Facilities

Accessibility

  • Distance: 1-5 Miles
  • Grade: Easy
  • Grade: Moderate

TripAdvisor

What's Nearby

Map

What's Nearby

  1. Queen Street Mill Textile Museum

    Queen Street Mill Textile Museum

    Queen Street Mill is Grade 1 listed and the last surviving 19th Century steam powered…

    0 miles away
  2. HAPPA

    HAPPA

    Nestled in expansive greenery and overlooking the scenic Thursden Valley in Burnley, lies…

    1.17 miles away
  3. Burnley Youth Theatre

    Burnley Youth Theatre

    Burnley Youth Theatre attracts youngsters from all around the area who want to be…

    1.35 miles away
Previous Next

Related

The Weavers' Triangle Visitor CentreThe Weavers' Triangle Visitor Centre, BurnleyLocated in the Wharfmaster's House and Canal Toll Office at Burnley Wharf, the Visitor Centre contains displays about The Weavers' Triangle, the Leeds & Liverpool Canal and the cotton industry and its workers. Admission is FREE.

Gawthorpe Hall (NT)Gawthorpe Hall, PadihamAn Elizabethan Gem in industrial Lancashire, period rooms, work by Charles Barry and Pugin, nationally important Rachel Kay - Shuttleworth textile collection, National Portrait Gallery paintings, connections to English Civil War.

Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum, BurnleyThis 14th century grade 1 listed hall has a rich history with many stories to tell, with grand period rooms decorated with oil paintings and sculptures covering several centuries of life at the hall which was the home of the Towneley family for over 600 years.

Sign up for e-newsletter

SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
27282930123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930311234567