OSWALDTWISTLE grew up along the main road which followed the valley of the Tinker Brook.

Today, Union Road is still its commercial heart, a single traditional shopping street, which winds its way through the centre the town.

Along it you will find numerous, individual local shops, offering specialised goods and services to cater for all needs.

Shopping local, rather than travelling to out-of-town shopping malls, gives you the satisfaction of helping boost the local economy and Oswaldtwistle’s large mix of stores means you don’t have to travel far to secure the necessities of life, or even something that little more expensive.

Whether you want foodstuffs or flowers, homewares or hardware, confectionary or carpets - whatever your requirements -you’ll find it along this busy main shopping thoroughfare.

In line with our other East Lancashire towns, there are also a number of food outlets, takeaways, cafes, pubs and restaurants, where shoppers can relax with a coffee or grab a sandwich.

With just nine weeks to Christmas, many families will be starting to look out for festive goodies, gifts, foodstuffs, homewares and maybe even larger items.

If you are considering sprucing up your home, or giving the spare room a make-over for festive guests, you’ll find an array of products, such as furniture or lighting, to improve your interior decor.

What you will also find is value for money, as well as a friendly service and customer satisfaction.

Take a look at what the shops in Oswaldtwistle offer, and as well as independent stores it has some national high street names and mill shops. Oswaldtwistle Mills is a major attraction to shoppers, a textile mill converted into a shopping extravaganza, it was one of the first shopping mill villages to open in Lancashire.

As well as its Aladdin’s Cave of shopping, there is an exhibition of the mill’s history and is also the home of the world’s largest pear drop, made by Stockley’s Sweets.