What's on near Burnley Youth Theatre
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Sauna and cold plunge pools at iglu sauna
Award-winning sauna and cold-plunge pools experience located in the heart of Hebden Bridge, Iglu brings the Scandi experience to Yorkshire.
from £10.00
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
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Illuminate Arts Festival – Oldham
Oldham’s where it’s at. Stay out late and light up your Friday evening at an action packed free festival of visual arts, music and incredible street performance.
free entry
More Song at The 1 in 12 Club Library
In Bradford’s year as City of Culture, More Song is back with a line-up of poets featuring Rowan Evans, Sean Roy Parker and Rebecca Lockwood, plus an open mic.
from £1
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David Hockney: Pieced Together at the National Science and Media Museum
The freshly refurbished National Science and Media Museum reopens with an exhibition of David Hockney’s photographic and video ‘joiner’ works.
free entry
The Phantom of the Opera – Film with Live Accompaniment at The Stoller Hall
The Stoller Hall celebrate The Phantom of the Opera’s 100th birthday with a live accompaniment by silent movie masters Frame Ensemble.
from £5.50
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
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 £28Where to go near Burnley Youth Theatre
Burnley
Thompson Park, Burnley
A formal Edwardian urban park in Burnley which retains most its original features including a boating lake and an Italian garden.
Blackburn
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.
Lancashire
Burnley Mechanics Theatre
Burnley Mechanics Theatre showcases an array of talent; touring shows and local theatre also.
Burnley
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.
Burnley
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
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”.
Burnley
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
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.
Lancashire
Nelson Library, Nelson
A public library in Nelson, Lancashire, which runs a number of events and classes.
Northlight (Brierfield) Mill in Pendle
A former cotton mill built in 1832, and purchased by Pendle Council in 2012.
Burnley
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
The White Swan
at Fence
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.
District Guides
Culture Guides
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