[3][4] The Yorkshire Dales Lead Mining Museum was based in the old Grade II* listed Grammar School building;[5] it closed in January 2016.

[6] Earby railway station once served the town on a route between Colne and Skipton, but it was closed in 1970.

The station was an interchange with a small branch to Barnoldswick, which closed five years earlier.

[8] BBC North West and ITV (Granada Television) are both received directly from the main Winter Hill transmitter.

In 2012, a local radio station was broadcast for the first time: West Craven Community Radio, an online based station serving the community of West Craven area of Pendle and beyond.