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Ghastly screams and fright night thrills await you at Blackpool Pleasure Beach this Halloween!   Get ready for the fright of your life as Blackpool Pleasure Beach turns blood red from Saturday 22nd October to Monday 31st October as creatures of the night make the 42-acre attraction their home.  On Saturday 29th October, Vampire Beach, […]

The World Bread Awards 2016, sponsored by Tiptree and Brook Foods took place in mid September at Cathedral Hall in Westminster, London. Over 600 bread products were presented for judging by 90 judges. On October 12th, Artisan Foodworks were awarded a Silver Award for their Pain de Campagne, which is a traditional sourdough recipe and […]

Lancaster is one of twelve cities in England that has been awarded a share of £250,000 to develop an innovative new augmented reality project to bring its heritage to life and increase its appeal with younger audiences. The project is one of a number of projects to receive funding from the £40m Discover England Fund, […]

Creative Lancashire, in association with They Eat Culture, are relaunching their joint ‘Screen Opps’ initiative to develop the screen industries in Lancashire. The ‘Making Films in Lancashire’ event takes place at The Continental in Preston on Wednesday 12 October from 6pm. It will focus on independent filmmaking in the North West, and includes a special […]

Stanley House Hotel and Spa, Mellor, stands to scoop another round of accolades after being shortlisted for a trio of awards. The hotel is a finalist in the Tourism category of the regional Ribble Valley Business Awards 2016, while The Spa at Stanley House is a contender in the Best Spa for Luxury category of […]

Volunteers are needed to help Light Up Lancaster. This festival of art and light in Lancaster city centre will take place over the two nights of November 4-5. Light Up Lancaster organisers are looking for friendly volunteer stewards to help guide people during the event and ensure that all runs smoothly and safely. Duties could […]

                     Dear Colleague. The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced on Tuesday 11th October that Newcastle & Gateshead will host the Great Exhibition of the North in summer 2018.  Our congratulations go to Newcastle & Gateshead and we look forward to helping celebrate the North’s collective talent and playing a role in the […]

WHEN THE RED ROSE… rises from the waves, to mark a historic journey through the Red Rose county On Wednesday 19 October, the second in a new series of pop-up artworks by environmental artist Steve Messam, rises from the waves of the Leeds & Liverpool canal at Eanam Wharf in Blackburn. Steve Messam’s When the […]

The Dukes outdoor walkabout production of The Hobbit has won a prestigious UK Theatre Award. At Sunday’s glittering ceremony in London, the Lancaster theatre scooped the award for Best Show For Children And Young People. The Dukes Artistic Director, Joe Sumsion and Executive Director, Ivan Wadeson were presented with the award by actor, Don Warrington. […]

International visitors spent an extra £800 million across the nations and regions of Britain in the last year as a result of work by the national tourism agency VisitBritain, latest figures show. This means that every £1 invested in VisitBritain’s activities resulted in an overseas visitor spending £23 in Britain. Domestic visitors spent an additional […]

Marketing Lancashire is delighted to announce an esteemed list of tourism colleagues now in the running for Lancashire Tourism Superstar 2016, the only award in the Lancashire Tourism Awards to be nominated and decided by the public. The public can now vote for the candidate they feel most deserving of the title Lancashire Tourism Superstar […]

Lancaster Castle is raising the curtain on the production 'Ghostly Tales' later this month. The storytelling performance will take place on Friday 21 October and Saturday 22 October at 7.30pm. Excerpts from the work of 20th century British female writers, Edith Nesbit, Elizabeth Bowen, Elizabeth Jane Howard and Jeanette Winterson, will be read by actors […]