Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum

Towneley Hall was the home of the Towneley family for 500 years before being sold to Burnley Council in 1902. Today the building houses the town’s museum and art gallery while the surrounding estate serves as a popular park.

Collections at the museum include paintings, ceramics, glass, furniture, local and natural history. The park covers around 180 hectares and includes two golf courses, tennis courts, bowling greens, and substantial areas of woodland, a nature reserve, café and playgrounds.

Towneley Hall is open Saturday to Thursday. Admission is free to local residents. All others pay a nominal fee.

Review / Comment / Additional Information

Ken Darwen

Towneley Hall wiil be open over the xmas holidays on the following dates Dec 22nd,23rd,29th,30th and 31st--12 o clock midday untill 5pm Plenty of things for the children to see and do including the robbin trail around the hall, A great day out for all!!

Editor

A new free bus service has been launched to ferry visitors between Burnley town centre and Towneley Park. The Towneley Shuttle will run every hour, on the hour, between noon and 4pm, taking passengers from Burnley bus station to the park. The service will run in the summer months on weekends and bank holidays.

Editor

Burnley Council introduced car parking charges at Towneley Park last month.

Spenny

Each year Towneley Hall is the venue for the Burnley Balloon Festival, a hot air balloon show. The dates for 2007 are July 27-29.