Know About Your City
: Accrington is a former mill town that is commonly abbreviated as
"Accy". The town is located 20 miles north of Manchester.
It is a former centre of the cotton industry and is a centre of the
textile machinery industry. Accrington is linked to
Burnley
and
Blackburn
by railway and by the M65 motorway. You can also find a regular bus
service from Accrington to Manchester, via Haslingden. In Accrington
you can find ''
The Haworth Art Gallery'' that contains an
outstanding collection of
Tiffany glassware presented to
the town by Joseph Briggs, an Accrington man. ''
The Art Nouveau
vases'' are considered to be the most important group in Europe
and one of the most striking items is a glass mosaic exhibition piece
designed by Briggs himself..