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The steep-cobbled Pennine village where the Brontë sisters lived and wrote, with the Parsonage Museum and moorland walks to Top Withens.
16 km · about 30 min drive
England, United Kingdom · Europe
Nelson works well as a base: 10 minutes from Burnley, 27km from Malham Cove.
Nelson is a town located in England, United Kingdom. With a population of 29,317, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Nelson sits in United Kingdom, where you drive on the left. It's in the Europe/London time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Nelson to your route.
William Roberts and Company (later William Roberts and Sons) of Phoenix Foundry in Nelson, Lancashire, England, produced many of the steam engines that powered cotton weaving and spinning mills of Pendle and neighbouring districts. Industrial historian Mike Rothwell has called Phoenix foundry “Nelson’s mostRead more
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Nelson is located in England, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 53.8333 latitude, -2.2000 longitude.
Nelson has a population of approximately 29,317 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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landmark
The steep-cobbled Pennine village where the Brontë sisters lived and wrote, with the Parsonage Museum and moorland walks to Top Withens.
16 km · about 30 min drive
ancient ruins
Romantic 12th-century Augustinian priory ruins on the banks of the River Wharfe, surrounded by 30,000 acres of moorland and woodland.
26 km · about 30 min drive
waterfall
A small waterfall dropping into a pool below a tufa screen, on the walk from Malham village to Gordale Scar.
26 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Vast curved limestone cliff rising 80 metres from the valley floor, crowned with an extraordinary limestone pavement of weathered clints and grykes.
27 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
A jaw-dropping limestone ravine with waterfalls tumbling between overhanging cliffs near Malham.
27 km · about 30 min drive
film location
Harry and Hermione camp on the limestone pavement at the top of this 80m curved cliff in Deathly Hallows Part 1.
27 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
An 80m curved limestone amphitheatre with a rare limestone pavement on top, and England's highest lime-rich lake nearby.
27 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
A narrow chasm where the whole River Wharfe squeezes into a few feet of rock - beautiful and genuinely lethal.
27 km · about 30 min drive
April to October
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