Discover Burnley, Lancashire

Burnley is a market town in Lancashire, England. It is located at the confluence of the River Calder with the River Brun. Covering 15.82 sq km (6.11 sq mi), it has a population of 73,000 people (2012 estimate).

St Peter's Church, Burnley: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Peter%27s_Church,_Burnley.jpg
Author: Alexander P Kapp


Burnley is about 34 km (21 mi) to the north of Manchester and 40 km (25 mi) east of Preston.

The area around Burnley has been inhabited as early as 600 BC, as evidenced with the discovery of Stone Age flint tools. The town itself was established as a farming village some 700 years ago. Little is known of it until the 19th century, when it grew rapidly as a mill town, when Lancashire was the center in the production of cotton fabric.

The textile industry reached its height at the turn of the 20th century. The tumultuous years of the First World War brought hardship and a gradual decline of the industry. The town underwent urban renewal in the 1960s, when many old buildings were torn down to make way for new construction projects.

Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham, Burnley, Lancashire: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gawthorpe_new.jpg
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Among those that fell to the sleighhammer included the market hall, the cattle market and the Odean cinema. In their place came the Charter Wall shopping centre, Centenary way and Trafalgar flats, among others. Racial tension between the whites and Asian communities erupted in violence in June 2001. In 2009, a £1.5 million mosque, the Jamia Masjid Ghausia, was opened in Daneshouse, Burnley. It was the first purpose-built mosque in the town.

Visiting Burnley

Burnley is served by the M65 motorway. Turn off at Junction 10.

Places of Interest in Burnley

The Burnley Panopticon, also called the Singing Ringing Tree: Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Singing_Ringing_Tree_Stitch.jpg
Author: Childzy

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