This is the town that was at the centre of the cotton spinning industry for well over a hundred and fifty years. ..
Noted for its picturesque late-medieval manor house Rufford Old Hall, the village of Rufford occupies a fine setting on the fertile Lancashire Plains...
The town's historic roots go back beyond the Bronze-Age, as evidenced by findings in the 20th century...
It was here that James I created "Sirloin" when he supposedly knighted his beef!..
St. Anne's has a fine sandy beach backed by grassy sand dunes and a fascinating pier, first built in 1885 and subsequently rebuilt and remodelled...
A picturesque village in the Ribble Valley..
Blackpool, long famous for its vast illuminated Golden Mile, commenced its rise to fame way back in the Victorian Era when the famous seafront consisted of no more than a single row of houses...
Winner of Britain in Bloom in 2009, and RHS Tourism and Gold achievement awards, Chipping is a charming village located above a fast flowing stream at the edge of the Bowland forest. Its character can be seen in its ancient cobbled streets and lovely 17th century properties...
Less bustling than its busy neighbour Blackpool, Cleveleys lies on the same 15 mile stretch of beautiful golden sands...
The picturesque village of Scorton lies to the west of the Bowland Forest beneath the shadow of Calder Fell, in an area much famed for its sparkling streams, fells and forest glades inhabited by wildlife...
Wigan is a sociable town with a long history, it received it's Royal charter in the middle of the 13th-century, but prior to that the Roman's had built a settlement here...
This pretty Lancastrian villages the setting for historic Stoneyhurst, a noted school which was founded in the 16th-century...
This attractive village was mentioned in the Doomsday Book. It is perhaps best known for the evocative ruins of St. Catherine's Church...
Rainford is a small village attractively set in open countryside between St. Helen's and Wigan...
This is a large, typical Lancashire village lying close to the urban sprawl of Blackburn and Accrington...
Fleetwood was once famous as a fishing port, but now it is more likely the visitor will see yachts and leisure boats lined up at the pretty quayside...
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This attractive hillside village occupies a pleasant rural location close to two pretty reservoirs and the historic house known as Turton Tower...
Some of the town's loveliest architecture comes from the Victorian era, this can be seen in the elegant Victorian Market Hall with its clock and rich display of sculpture...
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Rufford Old Hall was presented to the National Trust in 1936 by Lord Hesketh. The Old Hall is a medieval manor house of splendid.....
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Join Merlin, King Arthur and his brave knights of the Round Table at the Kingdom of Camelot and explore five magical lands filled.....
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Blackpool Zoo, situated in Lancashire, England, is a popular zoological park known for its wide variety of animals and.....
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The name of this spacious green park situated at Darwen in Lancashire epitomises the endeavour of the local borough engineer who.....
An observation tower circa 1897Standing at 86ft high, apparently you can sometimes see the Welsh Hills from it on a very clear.....
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A beautiful stretch of coastline offering a large expanse of beach, sand dunes and pine woods where you can glimpse the rare but.....
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George Shaw of Bickerstaffe first established this handsome stone-built house of 1679 as a place of Quaker worship, since then.....
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This magnificent Hall was once the home of the Molyneux family, Earls of Sefton, who were second in importance to the Earls of.....
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