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Michelin-starred restaurant and country-house hotel Northcote has been welcomed into the prestigious portfolio of renowned Relais & Châteaux – a luxury collection of handpicked gourmet restaurants and boutique hotels across the world. With fewer than 600 properties from 60 countries, Northcote has become part of a select group of just 32 places in the UK […]

Burnley’s new £2.3 million Manchester Road railway station opened its doors to its first passengers this morning (Monday, 17th November). The regenerated station features a staffed ticket and information office in a modern eye-catching building, a larger car park, CCTV, a real time passenger information system and new passenger waiting shelters. The station also includes […]

Northcote Celebrates with Gastronomic Event of 2015 this January. January, 2015 sees Michelin—starred restaurant and country-house hotel Northcote celebrate its 30th anniversary together with the 15th year of its annual guest-cheffing event, Obsession. Tickets to the gourmet evenings – running from Friday, 23rd January to Saturday, 7th February for 15 consecutive days – are released […]

Blackpool Council has today thanked the public for their incredible show of support for the town’s annual illuminations display. A grand total of £132,624 was donated to the display this year at the public collection points along the Promenade – a new record! That’s around £7,000 more than last year and £3,000 up on 2012. […]

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 not only by the reading of the proclamation but also by numerous events and activities taking place across the county to celebrate all things Lancashire. To […]

Leading tourism businesses across Blackpool are busy training their staff using the customer service programmes that trained thousands of staff and volunteers at the 2012 Olympic Games, as the resort as a whole seeks to become the first seaside town in the UK to achieve WorldHost Recognised Destination status, renowned for excellent standards of customer […]

An award-winning Lancaster theatre is seeking new independent directors to help plan the next phase of its development. The Dukes is a producing theatre, independent cinema and creativity centre and an essential part of Lancashire and Lancaster life.  Following six years of audience growth and increased creative output, The Dukes needs new independent directors to […]

A popular Pendle village pub officially opened its doors to the public this week, under the banner of the fast expanding Seafood Pub Company group. The Barley Mow has undergone a complete transformation and its new hunting lodge style complete with roaring fires is already proving popular among locals and visitors to the area. Once […]

FREEPORT FLEETWOOD LAUNCHES A TASTY CAMPAIGN TO REVIVE RETRO REGIONAL RECIPES This month Freeport Fleetwood has started a campaign to urge food lovers, amateur cooks and historians to find the forgotten foods of Lancashire in a bid to celebrate and document the region’s culinary heritage.   Freeport Fleetwood is launching the campaign to find the […]

Barnoldswick’s retailers, traders and residents were celebrating on Saturday as their high street was crowned top of the shops. The national Great British High Street competition recognised that the Pendle town has taken positive steps to halt the decline caused by the closure of local pubs and shops. Barnoldswick was one of seven winning towns […]

On Thursday 6 November, The Blackpool Tower Ballroom proved the magnificent setting for Marketing Lancashire’s annual Lancashire Tourism Awards, where over 600 colleagues from the tourism industry also helped mark the 120th Anniversary of The Blackpool Tower.  The Lancashire Tourism Awards 2014 is Marketing Lancashire’s biggest event to date and was sold out weeks before […]

Blackpool’s tourism industry has enjoyed one of its best seasons in years. That was the verdict at VisitBlackpool’s end of season review event at the Winter Gardens as hoteliers, attractions, business owners and those responsible for promoting the town looked back on 2014. The event, attended by more than 50 leading figures from the industry, […]