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Lancashire Day is celebrated on 27 November, marking the day in 1295 when King Edward I invited Lancashire’s first representatives to attend Parliament. Today this historic event is marked by the reading of proclamations, the participation in Lancastrian traditions and enjoyment of Lancashire food and drink. To help raise awareness of Lancashire Day, Marketing Lancashire […]

The five bubble SPA Hotel at Ribby Hall Village, Wrea Green Lancashire has won a second award within the space of just one week, beating fierce competition from both new and very well established Spas in the North of England.  Seventeen spas were originally shortlisted from across the northern counties including Yorkshire, Cumbria, Durham, Manchester, […]

The Winners! On Thursday 7 November, Blackburn Cathedral proved the perfect setting for Marketing Lancashire’s 10th annual Lancashire Tourism Awards, where 20 of the county’s finest tourism businesses were awarded for excellence in their field and recognised by an audience of over 400 industry colleagues and sponsors. Marketing Lancashire would like to thank all the […]

Visitlancashire.com is the number one website on Google for What’s On and Things to Do in Lancashire with over 4 million page views each year and it’s a fantastic resource showcasing the quality events we have each month. We have now made it quicker and easier to submit YOUR event on to visitlancashire.com – just […]

Ribby Hall Village’s award-winning Health Club is first in the North to be equipped with Technogym’s UNITY™, the world’s most advanced cardio console   Last night, The UK’s Health Club of the Year for 2013 at Ribby Hall Village, Wrea Green Lancashire, officially unveiled its all-new £1M gym, setting a new benchmark for Interactive Wellness […]

It is two and a half years since Lancashire’s newest nature reserve opened to the public and what a journey it has been so far. The reserve is growing and changing as it matures and each season brings an exciting array of landscape colours and wildlife. Out on the reserve our winter duck populations are […]

Today, Marketing Lancashire named the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) as Headline Sponsor of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2013. The all new Lancashire Tourism Awards 2013, taking place at Blackburn Cathedral on Thursday 7 November, will be hosted by Simon Calder, Senior Travel Editor of The Independent, TV and radio broadcaster. This year also marks […]

The all new Lancashire Tourism Awards 2013, taking place at Blackburn Cathedral on Thursday 7 November is set to be the biggest tourism industry awards ever seen in the county and today, the organisers Marketing Lancashire appointed Darwen-based With A Twist, as caterers for this special 10th Anniversary event.   With A Twist was established […]

Brockholes Nature Reserve is celebrating after achieving the highest grade possible in a prestigious environmental scheme. The Lancashire Wildlife Trust managed reserve, based in Samlesbury, Preston, has been given a Green Tourism Gold award at the first attempt.  This followed an extensive visit of the 106 hectare site by an assessor from Green Tourism, who […]

Booths, the Northern fine food and drink retailer take enormous pride in the specialist knowledge of their staff, devoting time and training to visiting producers and understanding how a product is made.  The Booths cheese specialists took their quest for product knowledge to another level and turned their hands to making the cheese themselves.  Six […]

Autumnwatch returns to BBC Two at the end of October. Across four days, from Tuesday 29 October to Friday 1 November, Chris Packham, Michaela Strachan and Martin Hughes-Games follow the stories of the UK's wildlife in autumn, broadcasting live from a new location on the coast of Lancashire in the North West of England. Autumnwatch […]

Today (Thursday 3 October) Marketing Lancashire revealed an impressive shortlist for the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2013; having received more applications than ever before, this year’s list of finalists is also the longest in the event’s 10 year history.   The Lancashire Tourism Awards 2013 will take place on Thursday 7 November at Blackburn Cathedral and […]