Accrington Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town in the Hyndburn borough of Lancashire, England
About Accrington
Its name probably means "acorns" from the oak woods that once carpeted these valleys. It grew during the industrial revolution, when the streams racing down from the Pennines powered its textile mills It had a population of 35,000 in 2011, with a total of 80,000 in the borough of Hyndburn area. Many of its residents are Bangladeshis who came to work the mills in the 1950s. The town also produced Accrington Brick orNORI("Iron" backwards), an exceptionally hard and acid-resistant brick, valuable for lining furnaces, chimneys and the like. The brickworks closed in 2008, were re-opened to political fanfare in 2015, and quietly closed again in 2016. The northern suburb of Ewbank gave its name to the carpet-sweeper manufacturer. Lots of towns have had football (soccer) teams that collapsed. But
Top Attractions in Accrington
Explore the best things to see and do in Accrington:
- ★Accrington Stanley FC
- ★Gawthorpe Hall
- ★Haworth Art Gallery
- ★Market Hall
- ★Stone railway viaduct
Where to Eat in Accrington
Must-try local food and restaurants:
- 🍴Mitali Tandoori Indian Restaurant
Where to Stay in Accrington
- 🏨Mercure Dunkenhalgh Hotel and Spa
- 🏨Sparth House Hotel
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