| Trawden on a late summer's evening Trawden is a large village just outside Colne in the Pendle area of Lancashire. Formally a mining and textile area, Trawden is now a residential area with only one mill remaining. |
| Trawden lies on the edge of moorland known as
the Forest of Trawden on the Lancashire/West Yorkshire
border. The parish church of St. Mary The Virgin stands proud over the village. Opened in 1846, it was named in memory of Mary Foulds of Trawden Hall who died in 1817. The Quaker burial ground outside the village dates from 1686. Church of St. Mary The Virgin |
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| Nearby is the hamlet of Winewall and two miles (3km) away is Wycoller Country Park. The former mill town of Colne is close by, almost making Trawden a suburb of the east Lancashire town. |
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There are two pubs in Trawden,
the Trawden
Arms, which used to be known as the
Rock Hotel and the Sun Inn. On the outskirts of the Village is Hollin Hall Mill which still produces textiles for sale to industry and the public. Also known as the Empress Mill Sewing Centre, it is open to the public and is a reminder of the days when the Lancashire and Yorkshire Pennines were alive with cotton mills, a legacy of the Industrial Revoloution. Empress Mill Sewing Centre |
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