Places to Visit

Local Walks
The Crowns location is ideal for any enthuastic walker as a base to explore the beauty of the surrounding area with Pendle Hill and the West Pennine Moors but a stones throw away. There are a number of short walks that allow you to take in the beautiful countryside of the local area. For more challenging walks you can tackle nearby Pendle Hill. Barley is a good picnic spot and the traditional starting point for Pendle Hill.

Mill Shopping
There are an abundance of mill shops in the area surrounding the Crown. Many of the biggest and best selling value shops are located within easy reach, selling a large range of clothing, footwear, household furnishings and fabrics and a whole host of other bargains.

Rossendale Dry Ski Resort are situated in Rawtenstall, in the picturesque Rossendale Valley, close to the end of the M66. Skis and snowboards are available for hire and now for a small extra charge, Premium Skis, including twin tips and race skis are now available
They also provide Helmets available free of charge to all who wish to wear them. Helmets are compulsory for all fun park (intermediate) slope users and those racing or race training.

Prestige Karting Ltd is one of the largest indoor go karting centres in the North of England, Lancashire. The Circuit is approximately 360 metres long, possibly one of the most demanding go karting tracks in the UK. The track has been carefully designed by professional motorsport drivers to create an indoor go kart circuit to challenge the skills of the "best drivers". Professional track marshals are fully trained to create a safe and exciting environment. The centre has a fume extraction system.

Wycoller & Wycoller Country Park
An historic village that dates back to the Iron Age and a country park with a number of set walks. The village is on the “Bronte Trail” and the ruins of Wycoller Hall are reputed to be the Ferndean Manor of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Ayre. Many of the old buildings have been preserved and the exclusion of cars gives the village a rural tranquillity that is rare today.

Haworth
The birthplace of the Bronte sisters and only 15 miles from Colne. Main Street has been preserved very much like it would have appeared in the last century. The steep street is paved with stone setts and lined with shops, galleries inns and cafes that have been converted form the old weavers cottages. Haworth Parsonage, where the Bronte family lived, is open to the public and is full of memorabilia and personal treasures which chronicle the sisters lives and their writing

Foulridge Wharf
Foulridge Wharf on the Leeds and Liverpool canal is just about 2 miles away; there are picnic facilities and a café. During the summer there are pleasure cruises along the canal or you can take in the beautiful scenery form the towpath

Swimming
Pendle Lesuire Centre (Next Door)
Pendle Wavelengths, Leeds Road Nelson.
25m six-lane swimming pool. Also features water slides and wave pool, sauna and solarium.

Raygill Fisheries - top quality fly fishing and coarse fishing in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales. 01535 632500

Theatre
Colne Municipal Hall, 61 Albert Road Box Office 661234

Shooting
Kelbrook Shooting Lodge Tel 861632

Golf
Marsden Park Golf Club, Nelson. A public golf course. Tel 617525