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About Oswaldtwistle

This is a large, typical Lancashire village lying close to the urban sprawl of Blackburn and Accrington. It has a diversity of housing, excellent shops, including the hugely attractive Oswaldtwistle Mills Shopping Centre where residents and visitors can find just about everything.

Sport is very much in focus here, for this is the home of Church and Oswaldtwistle Cricket Club. The club's history began in 1858 on land behind a pub called the Pickup Arms. It later moved to its present location in West End, Oswaldtwistle. Since then it has managed to acquire the ground from its owners - the Dunkenhalgh Estate, added to its buildings and facilities, making it one of the foremost grounds in the Lancashire Cricket League. The club has spawned both test and international players, has won the League Championship on five occasions and the Cup competition once. It has superb social facilities which are available for weddings, christenings, dinners and events.

Rhyddings Park is a lovely spacious green area, a pleasant place to stroll after a hard days shopping! Of its older buildings, Oswaltwistle parish church is interesting, it also has an old market cross, and attractive town hall and civic theatre.

Visitors will find plenty of places to relax, Oswaldtwistle Shopping Centre has restaurants and cafe's, there are pubs including the very pleasant Standhill. Golfing enthusiasts will find a challenging course at Cocker Brook, and closeby places to see include Darwen lakes, the Textiles Museum, Gawthorpe Hall, with the enchanting River Ribble on the other side of Blackburn being well worth seeing.

This large village makes an ideal base for exploring Blackburn, Burnley, Darwen and Cltheroe, it is also within easy reach of the fells, streams and rivers of the beautiful Bowland Forest.

Planning a visit? Please see below for other recommended towns, attractions and recommended hotels nearby.

Distances and directions below are approximate. For true driving distances please visit the AA Route Planner

Recommended attractions near Oswaldtwistle

Blackburn Cathedral	(3.5 miles, 5.6 km, direction W)	Pictures
Darwen Tower	(4.2 miles, 6.8 km, direction SW)	Pictures
Bold Venture Park	(4.5 miles, 7.2 km, direction SW)	Pictures
Whalley Abbey	(5.3 miles, 8.5 km, direction N)	Pictures
Gawthorpe Hall	(6.1 miles, 9.9 km, direction NE)	Pictures
Hoghton Tower	(7.0 miles, 11.3 km, direction W)	Pictures
Samlesbury Hall	(7.4 miles, 11.8 km, direction W)	Pictures
Jumbles Reservoir Country Park	(7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction S)	Pictures
Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum	(8.0 miles, 12.9 km, direction E)	Pictures
Forest of Burnley Country Park Millennium Site	(8.1 miles, 13.1 km, direction NE)	Pictures
Clitheroe Castle	(8.6 miles, 13.9 km, direction N)	Pictures
The Ribble Valley	(8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction N)	Pictures
Pendle Hill	(9.6 miles, 15.4 km, direction NE)	Pictures
Smithill's Hall	(9.8 miles, 15.7 km, direction S)	Pictures
Cuerden Valley Country Park	(10.7 miles, 17.2 km, direction W)	Pictures

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Recommended towns near Oswaldtwistle

Accrington, in the county of Lancashire (1.6 miles, 2.6 km, direction NE)
Some of the town's loveliest architecture comes from the Victorian era, this can be seen in the elegant Victorian Market Hall with its clock and rich display of sculpture.
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Padiham, in the county of Lancashire (5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction NE)
Padiham is a thriving Lancashire town lying on the Calder River. It is most famous as the home of Gawthorpe Hall, a noted...
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Edgworth, in the county of Lancashire (6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction S)
This attractive hillside village occupies a pleasant rural location close to two pretty reservoirs and the historic house known as Turton Tower.
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Ribchester, a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (7.2 miles, 11.5 km, direction NW)
A picturesque village in the Ribble Valley
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Hurst Green, a Picturesque Village in the county of Lancashire (7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction NW)
This pretty Lancastrian villages the setting for historic Stoneyhurst, a noted school which was founded in the 16th-century.
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Hoghton, in the county of Lancashire (7.3 miles, 11.8 km, direction W)
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Ramsbottom, in the county of Greater Manchester (7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction SE)
The countryside surrounding the town offers lakes, woods and hills, with distant Winter Hill rising to a height of 456 feet.
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Waddington, in the county of Lancashire (10.2 miles, 16.4 km, direction N)
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Chorley, in the county of Lancashire (11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction SW)
The town's historic roots go back beyond the Bronze-Age, as evidenced by findings in the 20th century.
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Bolton, in the county of Lancashire (11.8 miles, 19.0 km, direction S)
The clogs and black smoke image of Bolton has long since gone, in its place is a fine city with beautiful buildings and a diverse range of attractions sufficient to satisfy the most demanding tourist.
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Preston, in the county of Lancashire (12.2 miles, 19.7 km, direction W)
This is the town that was at the centre of the cotton spinning industry for well over a hundred and fifty years.
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Todmorden, in the county of West Yorkshire (12.7 miles, 20.5 km, direction E)
Todmorden lies on the historic border between Yorkshire and Lancashire in an area of the Calder Valley ringed by the hills of the Pennines.
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Dunsop Bridge, in the county of Lancashire (14.8 miles, 23.8 km, direction N)
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Slaidburn, in the county of Lancashire (15.6 miles, 25.1 km, direction N)
An eye catching place with a pretty village green and a scattering of stone cottages set in an idyllic spot on the banks of the River Hodder.
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Hebden Bridge, in the county of West Yorkshire (16.1 miles, 26.0 km, direction E)
This beautiful old town grew up close to the River Hebden at the point where a stone bridge was built as part of a pack-horse route in the 16th century.
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Nearby travel help

Church & Ostwaldwistle Station	(0.9 miles, 1.4 km)
Accrington Station	(1.5 miles, 2.4 km, direction NE)
M65 Junction 7	(1.8 miles, 2.8 km, direction N)
M65 Junction 6	(2.0 miles, 3.3 km, direction NW)
Blackpool Airport	(25.8 miles, 41.6 km, direction W)
Manchester Airport	(27.2 miles, 43.7 km, direction S)
Oswaldtwistle to London	(181.8 miles, 292.5 km, direction SE)

Hotels & Accommodation in Oswaldtwistle

Hotel Name	Approximate distance from Oswaldtwistle center
Sparth House Hotel	(2.9 miles, 4.6 km, direction N)
Holden Vale Hotel	(4.2 miles, 6.8 km, direction SE)
Astley Bank Hotel	(4.6 miles, 7.4 km, direction SW)
The Whitehall Hotel	(4.9 miles, 7.8 km, direction SW)
Clarion Hotel Blackburn	(4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction N)
Higher Trapp Country House Hotel	(5.8 miles, 9.4 km, direction NE)
The Old Mill Hotel & Leisure Club	(7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction SE)
The Keirby Park Hotel	(7.6 miles, 12.2 km, direction NE)
The Sparrow Hawk	(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction NE)
The Alexander Hotel	(7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction E)
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