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Pack up your picnics and head to Chorley’s Astley Park on Sunday 5 July for an afternoon of free fun and entertainment at the annual Picnic in the Park event. Chorley Council has teamed up with Rock FM to bring a fantastic family stage show to Astley Park with performances from CBeebies’ favourite – The […]

People with an interest in history are invited to a free Festival of Archaeology event at the Museum of Lancashire on Saturday 18 July. The festival is an annual event which aims to bring the past alive and celebrate the UK's heritage. It is coordinated by the Council for British Archaeology (CBA). The festival will […]

Visitors to this year's RHS Flower Show at Tatton Park will be able to enjoy a garden designed to showcase the materials that Lancashire's textile industry used to produce cloth. The feature garden will be created as part of the 'Field to Fabric' Lancashire museums project in partnership with the Workers' Educational Association (WEA). Staff […]

The role of auxiliary military hospitals in Lancashire during World War One will be discussed in Skelmersdale Library. At 2pm on Wednesday 15 July, staff from Lancashire County Council's community heritage team will hold an interesting talk about the hospitals' vital part in helping to cope with the numbers of sick and injured coming back […]

There will be plenty of twists and turns to The Dukes outdoor walkabout production this summer. For the awardwinning Lancaster theatre will present a new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ popular story – Oliver Twist – from July 3-August 15. Dickens’ wonderful characters – Fagin, the Artful Dodger, Nancy, Bill Sikes and the hideous Mr Bumble […]

As walkers get ready to return to Pendle for the annual Walking Festival, many will be bringing the family with them to make this year’s festival a real family affair. The festival – the UK’s largest free guided walking festival – falls earlier this year, within the school summer holidays – from Saturday 15 to […]

The Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Chaired by Edwin Booth (below), has appointed two leading agencies to deliver an initial 12-month media and communications campaign. The agencies are tasked with developing and communicating a compelling Lancashire economic narrative – ‘the Lancashire story’ – by delivering a strategic campaign to reach target audiences, working alongside Marketing Lancashire.  […]

Three prominent East Lancashire businesses have combined to officially launch the fifth annual Clitheroe Food Festival. The Seafood Pub Company, Barnfield Construction and Thwaites joined forces to sponsor a garden party at Lord and Lady Clitheroe’s Downham Hall to mark the countdown to this year’s event. Over 150 guests enjoyed a BBQ and seafood dishes […]

Blackpool’s Resort Pass just gets better and better – it has now been re-launched in a handy credit card-style format. Every year, VisitBlackpool, team up with the resort’s top attractions to bring you the Blackpool Resort Pass and the Blackpool Resort Pass Plus to offer access to up to nine fantastic attractions at discounted prices […]

Blackpool’s Armed Forces Week is back and promises an exciting line-up of events and entertainment to honour the nation’s military personnel. The annual celebration has been running in Blackpool since 2006 and has become a permanent fixture in the resort’s events calendar, bringing thousands of people to town. And this year’s Armed Forces Week will […]

A brand new series of Channel 4’s very popular ‘Four in a Bed’, which celebrates the great British B&B and guesthouse – as well as the proud owners who run them is looking for enthusiastic owners/managers, with a minimum of three guest bedrooms, who are willing to get behind their business and to share what makes their […]

The Blackburn BID smashed its visitor target on Saturday, with its first big event of the year.  Despite wet weather for most of the day, the Countryside Comes to Town event, featuring CBBC star Mr Bloom, attracted 29,000 additional visitors to the town centre compared to an average Saturday.   BID Manager and Organiser, Harriet […]