Towns in Lancashire

Edgworth, Lancashire

This attractive hillside village occupies a pleasant rural location close to two pretty reservoirs and the historic house known as Turton Tower.

Fleetwood, Lancashire

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.

Foulridge, Lancashire

Lovely village which was once independent but since the middle of the last century has been part of the larger village of its near neighbour, Colne. Like Colne, for hundred's of...

Halton, Lancashire

This is a peaceful hillside village beside the picturesque River Lune. It has rising, winding streets with a delightful mix-match of cottages hiding behind old grey-stone walls.

Hest Bank, Lancashire

Hest Bank makes an interesting alternative to crowded Morecambe, it is ideal as a base for touring coast and the old cotton towns of Lancashire.

Hoddlesden, Lancashire

This spacious village can be found lying on the rural landscape between the town's of Darwen and Haslingden.

Hoghton, Lancashire

It was here that James I created "Sirloin" when he supposedly knighted his beef!

Hornby, Lancashire

Hurst Green, Lancashire

This pretty Lancastrian villages the setting for historic Stoneyhurst, a noted school which was founded in the 16th-century.

Lancaster, Lancashire

This is a city which long ago lost it's grim clogs and mill image to give way to a fast growing city with a fine reputation as a centre of commerce and culture where bright, modern University buildings sit comfortably with Lancaster's historic areas.

Lowton, Lancashire

Lytham St Anne's, Lancashire

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.

Morecambe, Lancashire

Morecambe has always been one of the most popular and successful seaside resorts in England. It has one of the most spectacular views in England. Looking from the promenade the...

Ormskirk, Lancashire

The town is noted for it's beautiful church dedicated to St.Peter and St.Paul. The church is Perpendicular and the second of it's two towers was added in the year 1540 to house bells from Burscough Priory after its dissolution.

Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire

This is a large, typical Lancashire village lying close to the urban sprawl of Blackburn and Accrington.

Padiham, Lancashire

Padiham is a thriving Lancashire town lying on the Calder River. It is most famous as the home of Gawthorpe Hall, a noted country estate built early in the 17th-century for the...

Preston, Lancashire

This is the town that was at the centre of the cotton spinning industry for well over a hundred and fifty years.

Ribchester, Lancashire

A picturesque village in the Ribble Valley

Rivington, Lancashire

Rivington is also a paradise for enthusiastic bird-watchers and nature lovers, with a wealth of wild-life habitats to be discovered.

Rufford, Lancashire

Noted for its picturesque late-medieval manor house Rufford Old Hall, the village of Rufford occupies a fine setting on the fertile Lancashire Plains.