Visit Lancashire

Get Active in Lancashire

Forget the gym, let our beautiful (and sometimes challenging) Lancashire landscape inspire you to get active.

Walking
Its free, doesn’t require specialist equipment (except for comfy shoes) and you can do it anywhere. This vastly underrated form of exercise is proven to help reduce the risk of developing chronic illnesses, is suitable for all ages AND we’ve got loads of free walking routes to download from visitlancashire.com.

Wild about Lancashire

 

With 354 recorded bird species, native mammals such as red deer and otters, and millions of creepy crawlies that include tiger moths and common lizards, Lancashire’s wilder side offers up some great days out.

This year we’ve got a few new attractions to help you enjoy Lancashire’s wildlife even more

 

How to get involved in the Chorley Grand Prix

There’s not long left until the Chorley Grand Prix comes to town on Saturday 4 April but there are still plenty of ways you and your family can get involved in the occasion.  Here are our top ten tips!

The Wellbeing Farm Sausage Experience

This certainly wasn’t your average Saturday night.  It was a winter's evening and I was at Wellbeing Farm in Edgworth (between Darwen and Bolton), right on the tops (in thick fog I hasten to add) about to take part in The Wellbeing Sausage Experience. My cohorts were two girls in their late teens, that had been bought the course as a Christmas gift, a pig farmer, his partner and their son who was training to be a chef.  We were all equally intrigued about the evening ahead.

Cycle Adventures - Way of the Roses

Last summer, my friend James decided he wanted to celebrate his 40^th birthday in style by tackling the Way of the Roses cycle ride.  How could we as his friends turn down such an adventure!

So after endless planning and with panniers packed, we embarked on this four day trek starting on the Morecambe Bay coast after a quick obligatory group photo on the promenade.

Biking in Breathtaking Bleasdale

Inglewhite to Chipping via Scorton
Miles 32 – Terrain, undulating

With a definite nip in the air, my cycling friends and I donned gloves and helmet in the glorious sunshine as we cycled out of the pretty village of Inglewhite. We climbed through the Forest of Bowland towards Beacon Fell Country Park taking us onto Bleasdale Moor, up towards Lancaster and eventually bringing you to the village of Scorton. As is usual, we stopped for a well-deserved rest at the Priory Inn Café for homemade soup, sandwiches and a warm fire fuelling us up for the route back to Chipping.

Spring into Lancashire during English Tourism Week

This year the English Tourism Week (14-22 March) coincides with the first day of Spring – so what better way to celebrate Lancashire’s fantastic choice of visitor experiences than with our 
Top Five Things to do in Lancashire this Spring.

1. Celebrate the natural world with a visit to a nature reserve. 
See Avocets at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre, Burscough which is celebrating its 40^th year with events throughout 2015. The new hide at Brockholes Nature Reserve near Preston (just off J31) with floor to ceiling glass gives visitors a brand new way to view the birdlife on No 1 Pit Lake and the new Sand Martin Wall.  See more nature reserves in Lancashire

2015 Highlights

2015 promises to be another action packed year in Lancashire including a fantastic range of events and things to do across the county.

Whether you want to fly like the Red Arrows, celebrate 40 years of wildlife conservation at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre, spend a week in Lytham for the new Proms Festival or indulge in a gourmet break at Northcote in the Ribble Valley, you'll find it all in Lancashire during 2015.

 

Guest Blog: BBC Autumnwatch comes to RSPB Leighton Moss

With thanks to Annabel Rushton at RSPB Leighton Moss and Morecambe Bay nature reserve for sharing her blog with visitlancashire.com.  

I am delighted to be writing my first guest blog for Visit Lancashire as I have some incredibly exciting news. RSPB Leighton Moss and Morecambe Bay nature reserve near Silverdale is going to be the home of this year’s series of BBC Autumnwatch! We are getting incredibly excited and cannot wait for filming to begin so we can showcase all that Leighton Moss and the surrounding area has to offer wildlife lovers of all ages.

Merlin & The Legend of King Arthur - walkabout theatre from The Dukes

A few of visit Lancashire team saw Merlin last night.... this is what we all thought.

"After a busy day in the office you don’t always fancy going out – or is that just me?  But last night I was so glad I headed (with some friends) to Lancaster for the Duke’s walkabout production of Merlin  in Williamson Park. The threat of rain having passed and with clear, stunning views over Morecambe Bay we embarked on a mini adventure around this enchanting park.