Burnley Youth Theatre

Gemma Gibb, Associate Editor
Queens Park RoadBurnleyBB103LB View map
Telephone: 01282458655 Visit Now

Opening Hours

  • Monday9:00am - 6:00pm
  • Tuesday9:00am - 6:00pm
  • Wednesday9:00am - 6:00pm
  • Thursday9:00am - 6:00pm
  • Friday9:00am - 6:00pm
  • Saturday9:00am - 6:00pm

Always double check opening hours with the venue before making a special visit.

What's on near Burnley Youth Theatre

Poet Evan Jones
LiteratureWest Yorkshire
Poetry at the Dusty Miller

Poetry at the Dusty Miller is a now regular night with invited readers, organised by Carcanet-published Carola Luther and Judith Willson in the Coiners’ Room in the Mytholmroyd pub.

free entry
Image of Rich(ard) Dawson
MusicManchester
Richard Dawson at The Stoller Hall

Declared “Britain’s best songwriter” by The Guardian, folk experimenter Richard Dawson performs two special shows at The Stoller Hall.

from £22.50
Logo reads Illuminate Women's Music on blue background
MusicManchester
Illuminate Women’s Music

Illuminate is a project that seeks to highlight and celebrate the creativity of women both as composers and performers. Illuminate concerts feature both commissioned works from early career women composers and historical works, celebrating the rich legacy of music written by women.

from £20.50
Kelly Lee Owens
MusicManchester
Kelly Lee Owens at New Century

On the back of her critically acclaimed fourth album, Dreamstate, Kelly Lee Owens brings her dreampoppy electronica to New Century.

from £28

Where to go near Burnley Youth Theatre

Thompson Park in Burnley
Burnley
Park
Thompson Park, Burnley

A formal Edwardian urban park in Burnley which retains most its original features including a boating lake and an Italian garden.

Rowley Lake
Blackburn
Park
Rowley Lake

Rowley Lake is on the outskirts of Burnley, with much to offer to the walker who goes out of their way to venture out here. It’s open scope and substantial size lend it vast appeal, while it’s natural activity and beauty make it a pretty picture, with views extending endlessly across the flat plain. 

The Weavers Triangle
Burnley
Tourist Attraction
The Weavers Triangle

The Weavers Triangle is a modern name for an area on the banks of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal that was once at the heart of Burnley’s textile industry. The name was first used in the 1970s, as interest developed in preserving Burnley’s industrial heritage, and refers to the roughly triangular shape of the region.

Glassmonkey Studio
Burnley
Gallery
Glassmonkey Studio

Glassmonkey Studio is the largest glass fusing studio in the area. The studio is home to a gallery selling handmade fused glassware jewellery, art and greeting cards. They also host regular workshops for fused glass, soap making, enamelling, and silver clay jewellery making.

Towneley Hall
Event venue
Towneley Hall

Historic house, art gallery and museum. Museum houses a variety of displays, encompassing natural history, Egyptology, local history, textiles, decorative art and regional furniture. Art gallery is focused on Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite art, “with some earlier paintings as well”.

Hurstwood Hall Guest House
Burnley
Hotel
Hurstwood Hall Guest House

Hurstwood Hall Guest House is steeped in local history. It was built in 1579 by the Towneley family and is a Grade II star listed building that retains many of its original features.

Burnley's Singing Ringing Tree
Burnley
Tourist Attraction
Burnley’s Singing Ringing Tree

Burnley’s Panopticon, ‘Singing Ringing Tree’, is a unique musical sculpture which overlooks Burnley from its position high above the town on Crown Point. Constructed from pipes of galvanised steel stacked in layers, this Panopticon takes the form of a tree bending to the winds and harnesses the energy of those winds to produce a low, tuneful song.

Gawthorpe Hall
Burnley
Tourist Attraction
Gawthorpe Hall

Affectionately referred to as the ‘Downton of the North’, Gawthorpe Hall was redesigned in the 1850s by Sir Charles Barry, designer of the Houses of Parliament and the ‘real’ Downton Abbey, Highclere Castle.

Lancashire
Restaurant
The White Swan
at Fence

The White Swan at Fence is a gastro-pub with much to brag about. Delicious drinks and fantastic food has got this pub a Michelin Star.

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Mohair Man, 1991, by Dave Swindells
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