Long Grain

Long Grain is a heath in North Turton, Blackburn with Darwen, England. Long Grain is situated nearby to the heath Barnes Height, as well as near Musden Head.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Helmshore Mills Textile Museum and Calf Hey Reservoir.

Helmshore Mills Textile Museum

Museum

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Helmshore Mills are two mills built on the River Ogden in Helmshore, Lancashire. Higher Mill was built in 1789 for William Turner, and Whitaker's Mill was built in the 1820s by the Turner family. Helmshore Mills Textile Museum is situated 1½ miles northeast of Long Grain.

Calf Hey Reservoir

Reservoir

Photo: Thomas E Saunders, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Calf Hey Reservoir is a reservoir in Haslingden Grane, close to the town of Haslingden, in the Borough of Rossendale, England. It was the first of three reservoirs in the valley, the others being Ogden Reservoir and Holden Wood Reservoir. Calf Hey Reservoir is situated 1½ miles north of Long Grain.

Entwistle railway station

Railway station

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Entwistle railway station serves the village of Entwistle, Lancashire, as well as being the closest station to Edgworth. It is served by Northern Trains services on the Ribble Valley line, on which it is between Darwen and Bromley Cross. Entwistle railway station is situated 2½ miles southwest of Long Grain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haslingden Grane and Irwell Vale.

Haslingden Grane

Hamlet

Haslingden Grane is the glaciated upper portion of the valley of the River Ogden, which lies west of Haslingden and is in the north east section of the West Pennine Moors. Haslingden Grane is situated 2 miles north of Long Grain.

Irwell Vale

Hamlet

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Irwell Vale is a village within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, in North West England. which lies at the confluence of the River Ogden and River Irwell. Irwell Vale is situated 2 miles east of Long Grain.

Edgworth

Village

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Edgworth is a village in the civil parish of North Turton, in the borough of Blackburn with Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is between Broadhead Brook on the west and Quarlton Brook in the south east. Edgworth is situated 2 miles southwest of Long Grain.

Long Grain

Type: Heath
Location: North Turton, Blackburn with Darwen, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.6757° or 53° 40′ 33″ north

Longitude

-2.36907° or 2° 22′ 9″ west

Open location code

9C5VMJGJ+79

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1345021785

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=heath

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