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Burnley

Burnley well connected...

...your missing link? Burnley is at the centre of the northwest of , in Pennine Situated around junction 10 of the M65, Burnley has connections south to the M66 and then on to the M62, , and Liverpool. Along the M65 to the west are , the M6 Preston, , the Lake District and beyond. Our motorways are fast flowing so we measure miles in minutes. Within five minutes of Burnley centre is rural splendour. Within one hour are the four international airports in Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool and Blackpool.

Thurso Wick Stornoway Ullapool Lerwick

Inverness

Mallaig Aberdeen Fo rt William 250 miles

Edinburgh 200 miles Glasgow M8

150 miles Hamburg C ampbeltown Ayr

Carlisle Newcastle upon Tyne Stranraer 100 miles

Whitby Belfast M6 50 miles

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Preston Burnley M62 Hull Leeds M6 Manchester Liverpool Zeebrugge M62 M56 M1 Dublin Holyhead Nottingham Caernarfon Chester King’s Lynn Stoke-on-Trent M6 Norwich Great Yarmouth Leicester Aberystwyth Newtown C ambridge Rosslare

M5 Fishguard M25 Gloucester M40 Swansea M48 M4 Cardiff Bristol M20 Dover

M3 M23 Brighton M5 Southampton Exeter Calais Portsmouth Key Plymouth

Penzance Motorway Railway Airport Cherbourg Ferry

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Rail Rail services to and from Burnley are provided by Northern Rail. The town is served by two railway stations, Burnley Manchester Road and Burnley Central. Burnley Manchester Road operates services west to Preston and Blackpool and east to Leeds and York, whilst Burnley Central provides local services west to Blackpool Road and Preston (where all trains to major destinations in the country can be caught) and east to Nelson and . Burnley has excellent uncongested high-speed road networks – the M65 offers fast, direct connections to: Curve • the M60 and M66 to/from Manchester • Reinstatement of direct rail link to Manchester • the M6 and M65 to/from the Preston area, • Halving journey times between Burnley Thurso the coastal resorts and the Lake District Wick and Manchester to 45 minutes Stornoway • the M62 or A646 to/from Leeds Ullapool Lerwick • Achieved with support from Burnley Bondholders • Leading UK logistics providers take advantage of these network routes, operating transport • Planned to be operational by May 2014 Inverness services from their base in Burnley • Upgrade to exsisting Manchester Road Station to Mallaig Aberdeen Approximate distances & drive times: include new facilities, improve pedestration access Fo rt William car parking and waiting shelters 250 miles Blackburn 11 miles 20 mins Preston 25 miles 35 mins

Edinburgh 200 miles Manchester 28 miles 45 mins Glasgow M8 Leeds 60 miles 65 mins

150 miles Hamburg Liverpool 52 miles 70 mins C ampbeltown Ayr Birmingham 125 miles 2 hrs

Carlisle Newcastle upon Tyne Edinburgh 208 miles 4 hrs Stranraer 100 miles London 240 miles 4 hrs Whitby Belfast M6 50 miles

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Preston Burnley M62 Hull Leeds M6 Manchester Liverpool Zeebrugge Air M62 M56 M1 Dublin Holyhead Burnley benefits from the proximity of four international Nottingham Caernarfon Chester King’s Lynn Stoke-on-Trent airports, all within approximately one hours drive. M6 Norwich Great Yarmouth Leicester Aberystwyth • (42 miles) The UK’s Newtown Birmingham C ambridge Rosslare third largest airport (the largest outside of

M5 London), handling over 22 million passengers Fishguard Oxford M25 Ports by Peel images provided Sea Port Gloucester M40 a year to over 200 destinations Swansea M48 M4 London • Liverpool John Lennon Airport (55 miles) One Cardiff Bristol M20 Dover Sea - Port of Liverpool M3 M23 of Europe’s fastest growing airports now serving Brighton • The largest of the Peel ports, handling over 33 million M5 Southampton over 5 million passengers a year. Regular scheduled Exeter Calais tonnes of cargo, within 1 hour of Burnley Portsmouth services are currently available to 69 domestic and Key Plymouth • Liverpool is ranked among Britain’s major deep sea European destinations container ports and is the country’s major gateway for Penzance Motorway • (44 miles) A recently Railway trade with the United States / Canada serving more completed a £2m investment to refurbish their Airport than 100 global destinations Cherbourg Ferry passenger terminal has improved the facilities • The Seaforth Container Terminal handles nearly offered to passengers flying to and from over 25 Roscoff 700,000 teus (20ft Equivalent Units) a year. Liverpool European destinations is Britain’s most diverse port in the range of cargoes it handles • Leeds- International Airport (38 miles) One of the UK’s fastest growing airports, now handles over 2 million passengers per annum and provides access to over 70 domestic, European and international destinations Burnley well connected...

Burnley is positioned in an excellent location, Burnley is at the centre of the northwest of with a superb network of communication links England, in Pennine Lancashire by road, rail, air and sea. Companies based Situated around junction 10 of the M65, Burnley in Burnley are in easy reach of suppliers and has connections south to the M66 and then on customers both regionally and nationally. to the M62, Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool. Burnley is located in the east of Lancashire, in Along the M65 to the west are Blackburn, the M6 the north west of England, lying 11 miles east Preston, Blackpool, the Lake District and beyond. of Blackburn and 25 miles north of Manchester Our motorways are fast flowing so we measure at the centre of Pennine Lancashire. miles in minutes. Within five minutes of Burnley The Burnley borough has an area of 11,070 centre is rural splendour. Within one hour are the hectares (42 square miles), but nearly two-thirds four international airports in Manchester, Leeds, of this is countryside – the town is surrounded Liverpool and Blackpool. by hills and and is located in a hollow where the River Calder and meet.

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