Heritage Trail – Coming soon!

Have you ever noticed when you LOOK UP at buildings you find heritage details and features you have never seen before To help appreciate the Heritage and History of Burnley’s Conservation Area the HSHAZ will be offering a FREE Heritage ...

Voices of the Counter Culture

On Saturday 24th June, we saw the official launch of the wonderful Fiona Hornby's - Voices of the Counter Culture Project in the newly restored Salon, a fantastic venue for all arts and cultural activities. A memorable event for all ...
Bag making Heritage Workshop. 18th & 25th November 2022 In partnership with HM Government, High Street Heritage action zone, Historic England, and Burnley.gov.uk.

Brand New Heritage Workshop Coming Soon!

Our much-anticipated Bag making workshop is almost here. The Heritage Skills workshops are run by our fantastic Heritage Action Team in collaboration with the Cultural Consortia for the HS HAZ. The workshop consists of a two separate events on the ...
Sophie Gibson - Interview picture for The empire Theatre in Burnley. Sophie is wearing a white hard hat and yellow High visibility vest.

Sophie Gibson’s Exclusive Interview – Empire Theatre

Sophie Gibson's Exclusive Interview all about the Empire Theatre.Sophie Gibson graduated with a degree in Fine Art at Liverpool John Moores University, in 2009. Since then, Sophie has been working within the arts and culture scene throughout the whole of ...

Coming soon! Exclusive Empire Theatre Interview!

Coming soon! Empire Theatre Interview! The HAZ team have been busy interviewing Sophie Gibson from the Empire Theatre. Sophie told us about all the art exhibitions she has been involved in along with why and how she got involved with ...

About the Heritage Action Zone

We've created a video to explain the HAZ project and all of the exciting things that are happening on St James's Street. View it here. https://youtu.be/V5pms6QdNpA ...

Improvements to Burnley Town centre shopping area to go ahead!

The first phase of a four-year programme to create improvements lower St James Street in Burnley town centre has begun. It follows confirmation of £1.2 million of funding from Historic England, as a result of a successful bid by Burnley ...