BURNLEY has a history of hard work, which is reflected in its town emblem of a busy bee.

It still carries what have been described as the "Scars of Industry" but most residents and visitors agree that its industrial archaeology is second to none.

Queen Street Mill, at Harle Syke, is the only steam-driven cotton mill still working and is a magnificent museum.

The Leeds and Liverpool Canal curling around the town towers high over Burnley, with the Straight Mile embankment being one of the wonders of the canal age. The old wharves, stables and offices are now pleasant places to explore and eat, while the Weavers' Triangle Museum celebrates the glories of the town.

Busy Burnley has never parted company with the countryside which surrounds it, and the footpaths leading on to the moors are still well used.

There are also strolls around Towneley Hall, a Tudor mansion which is now a museum open free to the public.. In 2002 an extension to the hall has provided more exhibition space.

This adds to the stables, now a cafe, a craft museum, formerly the brew house, and, in the grounds, a well-preserved icehouse.

A well-appointed Natural History Centre is the focus for nature trails around some of the 360 acres of the estate.

The River Calder runs through Burnley and is now much cleaner than in former years.

The river slices between the ancient parish church and the Grammar school. This shows that Burnley's medieval centre was here and elevated above the new shopping area. .

In the grounds of the grammar school is the old market cross and one of the medieval wells.