Well we absolutely adored this place before having our wedding here ... and now we're completely in love! The day was absolutely perfect and ran smoothly from start to finish and that's all thanks to Jackie and the team. Jackie completely understood what we were about and shared our vision throughout from the food right through to the small details. We can't recommend the food here enough, our wedding BBQ with Ottolenghi inspired salad platters was truly delicious, and most of our guests commented that it was the best food they'd ever experienced at a wedding. I have had lunch here many times before and the food, coffee and beautiful wines and gins never fail to impress. We've spent many a family day here at the fantastic events held in the museum and the beautiful grounds, and each one really has had something for us all. Rossendale is so lucky to have this beautiful, local gem! �
Had to post and let everyone know how much we loved dining at The Whitaker. We celebrated our wedding anniversary and dined on the 30th December which was the first of the 5 course tasting menu evenings which will be held seasonally throughout the year , and it didn't disappoint. The food was second to none, great atmosphere and an amazing wine package selected to complement each course. Cannot rate this highly enough and would encourage anyone in the area or not to visit and try the food there, you won't be disappointed ��
Lovely modernised building and grounds. It's a great place for artifacts of the local area. History and art displays. Food and drink available. Toilets. Good amount of parking and an incredible edible garden that explains how to use the herbs and plants they have for all to benefit from.
Lovely little museum with nice cafe/ restaurant and friendly staff
Absolutely excellent gallery with a wide variety of diverse and stimulating artworks, all set in beautiful grounds. Had a really enjoyable afternoon and look forward to visiting again soon!
It was a lovely occasion. Very well planned and organised. Wonderful venue. Vast amount of volunteers, all doing a great job. Wonderful atmosphere and everyone seemed really happy. Proud to be a part of the ukulele group contributing to the happiness!
Really pretty museum with contemporary pieces. Very small though so doesn’t take too long to walk around. Cafe is a bit over priced and took a while to get a coffee.
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.
Fabulous time, lunch was good, staff great. The museum was fantastic, lovely to see items from my childhood and love the way it's set out. The great grandchildren absolutely loved it as did we.
Nice museum 😊 Lovely staff 👍🏻
Used to play on this park when i was a kid...yeah its alright, if you want the park, i would park at the top..its a big hill.. the museam is pretty cool.. there is a new cafe, bar, food place, ive yet to try! But looks and smells amazing..i am looking forward to when the renovations of the whole park are done.. extra amenities.
Superb evening. Glorious weather for drinks on the terrace. Then super evening meal....batter on fish to die for.....Then wonderful nostalgic JAZZ FILM.
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