The Whitaker - Rawtenstall

Visited on: Weekend Wait time: No wait Reservation recommended: Yes

Visited today on my own with my two extremely well behaved Border Terriers. Had breakfast outside then wanted to pop in the shop to buy a vinyl LP, nothing about Dogs not being allowed on the entrance doors. I was stopped by a lady that abruptly said “you can’t come in here with them”, I felt really insulted for my beloved Pets. We take our Boys everywhere with us, more more businesses have woken up to smell the coffee realised there’s money to be made from making their businesses Dog friendly. Whitaker, you are in a rural setting, perfect for Dog walkers, you need to change your attitude. Andrew (Rossendale Resident)

Lovely little museum with nice cafe/ restaurant and friendly staff Visited on: Weekday

Superb evening. Glorious weather for drinks on the terrace. Then super evening meal....batter on fish to die for.....Then wonderful nostalgic JAZZ FILM.

This was a great find. A small museum in an old house, with a VERY eclectic collection of exhibits. On the ground floor the main attractions are the 19th century taxidermy collection, and the Room of Curiosities which is spooky, strange, eye catching, amazing, and distressing in almost equal measure. There was also a room with a contemporary conceptual artist's work, which I am usually not a fan of, but this was very well thought out and constructed. Upstairs they host local contemporary artists' exhibitions. On this visit it was a joint exhibition of three wonderful female artists' works a painter, a textile artist, and a poet. It was a fantastic grouping, each enhanced the others' work so that the overall effect was greater than would have been the case individually.