Schools across the area have been forced to close today, Monday, January 21, due to heavy snow.

The weather has caused traffic chaos with many unable to get to work.           

Temperatures dropped to freezing with night time lows expected to reach -4.

The following schools are closed all day due to poor weather:

  • Green Haworth Church of England Primary School
  • Huncoat Primary School
  • Spring Hill Primary School
  • St John with St Augustine CofE Primary School
  • Broadfield Specialist School
  • Great Harwood St Bartholomew's Parish CofE Primary School
  • Mount Carmel RC High School a Specialist Science College
  • Oswaldtwistle West End Primary School
  • St Oswald's Roman Catholic Primary School, Accrington