Accrington
in Lancashire of England, United Kingdom
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Blackpool International Airport (27 mi) - Manchester Airport (28 mi)
- Leeds Bradford Airport (30 mi)
- Manchester Woodford Airport (30 mi)
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport (35 mi)
- Barrow Walney Island Airport (45 mi)
- Hawarden Airport (47 mi)
- RAF Linton-On-Ouse (49 mi)
- East Midlands Airport (77 mi)
- Newcastle Airport (93 mi)
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal (Unesco heritage, 59 mi)
- Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City (Unesco heritage, 60 mi)
- Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd (Unesco heritage, 70 mi)
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Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Unesco heritage, 94 mi) - Green Haworth Golf Club (Golf course, 1 mi)
- Baxenden Golf Club (Golf course, 2 mi)
- Burnley Golf Club (Glen View) (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Towneley Park Golf Course (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Rossendale Golf Club (Golf course, 5 mi)
- Blackburn Golf Club (Golf course, 6 mi)
- Darwen Golf Club (Golf course, 6 mi)
- Bolton Open Golf Complex (Golf course, 9 mi)
- Walmersley Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Lowes Park Golf Club (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 53.754 and -2.359 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 53° 45' 13" and W -2° 21' 31"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - GBP
- Spoken languages:
- English, Welsh, Scottish Gaelic
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 08:31 AM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: Europe/London
- UTC/GMT offset: 0 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:19 am and 4:27 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -45.817 and 170.717 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Otakou - References
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Safety Score: 3,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United Kingdom.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United Kingdom. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore Accrington
Accrington in Lancashire (England) with it's 35,318 inhabitants is located in United Kingdom about 181 mi (or 292 km) north-west of London, the country's capital.
Local time in Accrington is now 08:31 AM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named Europe / London with an UTC offset of zero hours. We know of 10 airports in the wider vicinity of Accrington, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United Kingdom is Blackpool International Airport in a distance of 27 mi (or 44 km), West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in United Kingdom is Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal in a distance of 59 mi (or 95 km), South. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Blackburn, Burnley, Bury, Bolton and Rochdale. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 11°C / 52 °F
| Morning Temperature | 7°C / 44 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 10°C / 50 °F |
| Night Temperature | 9°C / 49 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 78% |
| Air Pressure | 1022 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 3 km/h (2 mph) from North-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 98% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Wednesday, 6th of November 2024
14°C (57 °F)
11°C (52 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Thursday, 7th of November 2024
14°C (57 °F)
10°C (51 °F)
Few clouds, light breeze.
Friday, 8th of November 2024
12°C (54 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Norwood Guest House
Mercure Blackburn Dunkenhalgh Hotel and Spa
Sparth House Hotel
BEST WESTERN MYTTON FOLD HOTEL AND GOLF
Best Western Higher Trapp Country House
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Accrington railway station
Accrington railway station serves the town of Accrington in Lancashire, England. It is a station on the East Lancashire Line 6+⁄4 miles east of Blackburn railway station operated by Northern Rail. It is also served by Caldervale Line express services between Blackpool North, York and Leeds.
Crown Ground
The Crown Ground, known as the Fraser Eagle Stadium for sponsorship purposes until the demise of local company Fraser Eagle in 2009 (and previously as the Interlink Express Stadium), is a multi-use stadium in Accrington, England. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Accrington Stanley F.C.. The stadium holds 5,057 and was built in 1968.
Howard & Bullough
Howard & Bullough was a firm of textile machine manufacturers in Accrington, Lancashire. They were the world's major manufacturer of power looms in the 1860s.
Accrington and Rossendale College
Accrington and Rossendale College is a further education college based in Accrington, Lancashire, England.
List of mills in Lancashire
This is a list of the cotton and other textile mills in Lancashire, England. The first mills were built in the 1760s, in Derbyshire using the Arkwright system and were powered by the water. When Stationary steam engines were introduced, they still needed water, so the mills were built along the rivers and canals. As a broad rule of thumb, spinning mills were built in the south east of the county, and weaving sheds to the north and west.
Heathland School
Heathland School is an independent school situated in Accrington, Lancashire in North West England. The school accepts children from the age of three months in the nursery area, up to the age of sixteen. The school prides itself on having no more than sixteen students in every class.
Accrington brick
Accrington bricks, or NORIs were a type of iron hard engineering brick, produced in Huncoat, Accrington, Lancashire, England from 1887 to 2008. They were famed for their strength, and were used for the foundations of the Blackpool Tower and the Empire State Building.
Globe Works, Accrington
The Globe Works is a former industrial works in Accrington, Lancashire that following refurbishment contains rented offices and conference rooms and is known as the Globe Centre. The centre is made up of the remainder of The Globe Works, which created machinery and looms for the cotton industry under management of the Howard & Bullough firm.
These districts belong to Accrington.
Other districtsThese are districts that are close by, but belong to a different city than Accrington.
- Strangeways
- Green Quarter
- Ordsall
- Noma
- Manchester City Centre
- North Quarter
- Ancoats
- Castlefield
- Westleigh
- Lately Common
- Land Side
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Accrington.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
أكرينجتون, آکرینگتون, 애크링턴, Akringtonas, Аккрингтон, 艾寧頓, 阿克寧頓
