Visit Burnley

Group Visits

Burnley is an ideal destination to visit with your tour group or party our attractions offer guided tours, re-enactors, demonstrations or informative repartee. With two historic houses, industrial heritage, a working forge, a brewery, a garden centre, boat trips, mill shops, markets, murder mysteries and theatrical performances plus great places to eat and stay – we are sure you will find plenty of reasons to visit Burnley time and time again.

Details at a glance

Click on a venue title to download full details as a pdf.

Attraction
Admission Charge*
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Toilets
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20/48
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10/40
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10/30
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15/30
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10/60
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10/40
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12/50
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12/50
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10/30
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* Admission charge for guided tour/talk only

Itineraries

Several of our attractions work together to provide group and coach operators with a hassle free itinerary tailored to their requirements and one call to the booking hotline will ensure an easy hassle free way to book.

Booking Hotline: 07980 749245

Download Itineraries

Please have the following information ready when booking:

  • 1. Name of organiser
  • 2. Address
  • 3. Telephone Number
  • 4. Email Address
  • 5. Name of tour
  • 6. Preferred dates
  • 7. Number in group
  • 8. Other requirements

Meal Stops

You might want traditional fish and chips or Lancashire hot pot, home baked scones and cream or just a good cuppa. In Burnley and Padiham there are a wide choice of café’s, restaurants and pubs who welcome groups of various sizes with tempting lunches and dinners, morning coffee or afternoon tea. Try one of the eating establishments below whose experience of the groups market will make your visit as easy and enjoyable as possible, offer you value for money and great food.

  • Alexander Hotel
    traditional hotel restaurant near to Towneley Hall
  • Four Seasons
    at Towneley Garden Centre – fresh local food, a gardeners delight
  • Fryday’s
    fish and chip restaurant
  • Jack Moores’ Tea Room
    at Barden Mill – good food and a great view
  • Queen Street Mill Textile Museum
    unusual venue, home baked cakes and pastries
  • Queen Victoria Travel Inn
    Brewers Fayre on the banks of the canal
  • The Inn on the Wharf
    a friendly canal side pub
  • The Ram Inn
    country pub with spectacular views
  • The Stables Restaurant
    in the grounds next to Towneley Hall
  • Sparrowhawk Hotel
    choose from the café bar, restaurant or traditional pub

For further details of the café’s, restaurants and pubs listed above please go to the Food and Drink section of the website where you will find many more establishments to choose from.

Accommodation

Why not extend your groups stay in Burnley by booking overnight accommodation? 

The Queen Victoria Travel Inn, The Oaks Hotel or the Sparrowhawk Hotel all provide comfortable accommodation and a friendly Lancashire welcome for groups and there is the option of a good hearty breakfast to set you up for your visit to the area.

To find out more please go to the accommodation section or ring the group contacts listed below who will be delighted to help you book your stay in Burnley.

  • The Queen Victoria Travel Inn
    01282 450250
    Group Contact: Samantha Whitaker
  • The Oaks Hotel
    01282 414141
    Group Contact: Nicola Spencer
  • The Sparrowhawk Hotel
    01282 421551
    Group Contact: Sue Eyre

Organised Coach Tours

Experience Tours

Experience tours offer customers a choice of guided tours around Burnley and the surrounding areas, taking in the history and heritage, the beautiful countryside and the myths and legends that make this area so fascinating to visit.

The Burnley Heritage Experience Tour  - visiting historic houses, industrial heritage, beautiful countryside and the new panopticon.

The Pendle Witch Experience Tour   - tells the story of the famous Pendle Witches on a tour around the countryside where they lived.

Lancashire Photo Experience Tours - a unique chance to work with a professional photographer taking images of the countryside around Pendle Hill and the Ribble Valley.

All the tours are led by a professional blue badge guide who brings to life the stories associated with this unexplored part of Lancashire.  The tours can be tailor made to your requirements to include visits to other attractions in the area, pre-arranged meal stops and the use of your own coach. Please ask for details and look out for the new tours being developed during 2007.

In the novel "The Ipcress File" the character of Harry Palmer, played by Michael Caine in the movie, came from Burnley ? not a lot of people know that.