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Top attraction, Monuments and statues

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Panopticons is an arts and regeneration project of the East Lancashire Environmental Arts Network managed by Mid Pennine Arts. It involved the construction of series of 21st century landmarks, or Panopticons, across East Lancashire, England, as symbols of the renaissance of the area. Four large scale sculptures were commissioned, designed and constructed over a six-year period for the districts of Blackburn, Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale. ()

Coordinates: 53°50'59"N, 2°5'48"W

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Nearby attractions include: Pendle Heritage Centre, Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, Brontë Waterfall, Nelson Town Hall.

4.7 miW
Historical place, Museum
Pendle Heritage Centre, Nelson
119 min walk • Pendle Heritage Centre is a museum and visitor centre in Barrowford, Lancashire, England, dedicated to the history and heritage of Pendle.
5 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum, Science museum
Queen Street Mill Textile Museum, Burnley
128 min walk • Queen Street Mill is a former weaving mill in Harle Syke, a suburb to the north-east of Burnley, Lancashire, that is a Grade I listed building. It was built in 1894 for the Queen Street Manufacturing Company.
4.3 miSE
Natural attraction, Park, Waterfall
Brontë Waterfall, Haworth
111 min walk • The Brontë Waterfall is a small waterfall located about a mile south west of Stanbury, near Haworth, West Yorkshire, England. The area surrounding the waterfall is mainly moorland and farmland but is part of Brontë Country. It is an area of outstanding beauty and famous for its association with the Brontë sisters.
4.9 miW
City hall
Nelson Town Hall, Nelson
126 min walk • Nelson Town Hall is a municipal building in Market Square, Nelson, Lancashire, England. The building is the headquarters for both Pendle Borough Council and Nelson Town Council.
5.7 miNW
Specialty museum, Museum
Bancroft Mill Engine Trust, Barnoldswick
147 min walk • Bancroft Shed was a weaving shed in Barnoldswick, Lancashire, England, situated on the road to Skipton. Construction was started in 1914 and the shed was commissioned in 1920 for James Nutter & Sons Limited. The mill closed on 22 December 1978 and was demolished.
3 miW
Church
St Bartholomew's Church
78 min walk • St Bartholomew's Church is in the town of Colne in Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn.
5.1 miSW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St James' Church, Burnley
130 min walk • St James' Church is in Church Street, Briercliffe, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Burnley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn and the diocese of Blackburn.
2.3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Boulsworth Hill
59 min walk • Boulsworth Hill is a large expanse of moorland, the highest point of the South Pennines of south-eastern Lancashire, England, separating the Borough of Pendle from Calderdale.
5.5 miE
Park
Penistone Hill Country Park, Bradford
141 min walk • Penistone Hill Country Park is an open space of moorland that is located to 0.31 miles west of Haworth and 0.62 miles north-west of Oxenhope in West Yorkshire, England.
3 miW
Town
Colne
77 min walk • Colne is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England. Located 3 mi northeast of Nelson, 6 mi north-east of Burnley, 25 mi east of Preston and 30 mi west of Leeds.
5.7 miSW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St John the Evangelist's Church, Burnley
146 min walk • St John the Evangelist's Church is in Church Square in the village of Worsthorne, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Burnley, the archdeaconry of Burnley, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.