Towneley Park

Towneley Park is owned and managed by Burnley Borough Council and is the largest and most popular park in Burnley, Lancashire, England. The main entrance to the park is within a mile of the town centre and the park extends to the south east, covering an area of some 180 hectares.

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Opening hours: Saturday—Thursday noon—5:00 PM
Type: Museum
Description: country house and park with art gallery and museum in Burnley, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Also known as: “Towneley Hall”, “Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum”, and “Townley Hall”
Address: Holmes Street, Burnley, BB11 3RQ

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of Local Crafts And Industries and Turf Moor.

Museum of Local Crafts And Industries

Museum

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Turf Moor

Stadium

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Turf Moor is an association football stadium in Burnley, Lancashire, England, which has been the home of Burnley F.C. since 1883. This unbroken service makes Turf Moor the second-longest continuously used ground in English professional football. Turf Moor is situated 1 mile north of Towneley Park.

Unity College

School

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Unity College is a mixed 11-16 comprehensive school in Burnley, Lancashire, England. Unity College is situated 2,600 feet north of Towneley Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burnley and Brierfield.

Burnley

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Burnley is a town in Lancashire, 30 miles north of Manchester. It's an industrial town, but it's proud of its many parks that have been awarded the Green Flag for excellence, and of Burnley Forest — great places for walking or cycling.

Brierfield

Town

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Brierfield is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, in Lancashire, England. It is 3 miles north east of Burnley, 1 mile south west of Nelson, and 1 mile north east of Reedley. Brierfield is situated 3½ miles north of Towneley Park.

Portsmouth

Village

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

Portsmouth is a village on the A646 road, in the civil parish of Todmorden, in the Calderdale district, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. Nearby settlements include the towns of Burnley and Todmorden and the village of Cornholme. Portsmouth is situated 4 miles southeast of Towneley Park.

Towneley Park

Categories: historic house museum, English country house, heritage site, house, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
Location: Borough of Burnley, Lancashire, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.77397° or 53° 46′ 26″ north

Longitude

-2.22236° or 2° 13′ 21″ west

Operator

Burnley Borough Council

Open location code

9C5VQQFH+H3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 330265163

OpenStreetMap feature

building=house

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q7830101

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Portuguese—“Towneley Park” goes by many names.

Chinese: “湯利大廳美術及博物館”
French: “Towneley Hall”
French: “Townley Hall”
Portuguese: “Parque Towneley”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Reflection Pool and Burnley War Memorial.

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