The Rotary Club of Burnley

Founded March 26th 1920 - 103 years serving the community

Our Centenary Charter Evening was celebrated on Friday 1st April 2022,  with speaker Gervase Phinn. During the year the club earned a further Presidential Citation, awarded by the President of Rotary International, a real pat on the back refecting the efforts of the whole club.

Rotary Club of Burnley 2025 – 2026.

Thank you for reaching our club website. I am really looking forward to the coming year as President of this great Rotary Club which has served our local community and through the wider “Rotary International” association, helped to nourish important work globally for over 100 years. 

We are planning some exciting projects during the year which will include our now Annual Classic Car Show and the publication of “Morgan’s Guide”, an acknowledged best publication of national Motor Show events. We expect to be involved in several smaller local projects which we are able to finance mostly from our two major fund raisers.

 We are always seeking like minded people who want to make a real difference in their local community. We often host fascinating speakers or sometimes those appealing for our help.

If you could help in any way to achieve our goal you would be most welcome to attend one of our meetings. We meet each Monday evening at the Higher Trapp Hotel, Simonstone 6.00 - 6.30

Peter Baldwin

President 2025 – 2026

        For additional information please see our other sites at BurnleyClassicVehicleShow.org and MorgansYearbook.co.uk 

       Burnley is situated in a gentle valley at the foot of the Pennines, the district is dominated in the north by Pendle Hill. A few miles to the east we have the Yorkshire Dales and the Bronte country, whereas to the west and north west we are close to the Trough of Bowland,  Pendle (the latter two, also areas of outstanding national beauty, but with fewer tourists than the Dales or Bronte country) and also the Lancashire coastal resorts.

        A major cotton weaving town at the last turn of the century, Burnley's vacant mills have now been taken over by new industry, recently, especially in the electronics and computer fields.