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Local conservation graduates have been given the opportunity to volunteer at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre to contribute to the management and monitoring of our 600 acre reserve, whilst developing their employability skills in this competitive field. “It’s a great opportunity for the Trust to invest in the development of conservationists right at the start […]

A huge food and drink festival is coming to Blackpool. Citylicious Events will be hosting the Switch-On Food and Drink Festival on the Promenade over the Illuminations weekend of 29, 30 and 31 August. The Switch-On Food & Drink Festival, located either side of Central Pier, will feature a variety of entertainment in the company […]

Blackpool’s breath taking Air Show battled the elements to boost visitor numbers and wow the crowds. Tens of thousands of people visited the resort this weekend to watch the world famous RAF Red Arrows, the Fylde’s very own Eurofighter Typhoon and many, many more spectacular flying machines. And despite rain on Sunday morning and winds […]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s oldest operating ride is celebrating its 110th birthday on August 12! The Sir Hiram Maxim Captive Flying Machines opened to the public in August 1904 and have remained a firm favourite at the UK’s Best Amusement Park* ever since. And to celebrate this milestone Blackpool Pleasure Beach will be mixing the old […]

This August Bank Holiday weekend will see Colne transformed into a veritable music destination to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of The Great British Rhythm and Blues Festival. Thousands of loyal Blues fans from across the UK, Europe and the USA will make their annual pilgrimage to Lancashire to see their favourite artistes – new and […]

Writers of leading men’s lifestyle magazine FHM have voted the Big One rollercoaster at Blackpool Pleasure Beach as the best in the UK! A team of testers traveled the length of the country trying out rollercoasters from a number of theme parks and decided the Big One had what it takes to be the scariest […]

There’s just a few days left to join in the fairytale fun which has been wowing audiences in Lancaster this summer. For August 16 sees the final performance of The Dukes Hansel & Gretel And More Tales From The Forest in Williamson Park. And during the six week run, the Lancaster theatre reached the milestone […]

Accommodation providers in the town are already starting to reap the benefits as Vintage Festival by the Sea organisers continue to confirm the entertainment programme for the  weekend extravaganza, set to take place on 6 & 7th September. The town’s accommodation providers are already reporting a significant increase in bookings over the weekend, which illustrates […]

A unique piece of Burnley’s waterway history ‘Birley’s Dock’, that was once an important working dock at the heart of the North West canal  transportation network at the height of the coal and textile era, has been lovingly restored to its former glory and will once again be used to paint and repair canal boats. […]

Marketing Lancashire, the Destination Management Organisation (DMO) for the county, today released the official visitor and economic impact figures1 for Lancashire in 2013. They reveal that the county’s visitor economy businesses are benefiting from growth in visitors numbers, growth in revenue generated and growth in employment in the sector. In the year 2013 visitor numbers […]

Blackpool Zoo is urgently appealing for the public to help it find four Roseate Cockatoos which have escaped. The species which are native to Australia, flew off after being disturbed by seagulls during one of Blackpool Zoo’s daily bird displays on Wednesday 30th July. Also known as Galahs, these distinctive birds are of a similar size to […]

Stanley House Hotel and Spa, Mellor has appointed a new restaurant manager to lead its Grill on the Hill restaurant. Lorenzo Fassio joins Stanley House from the iconic Royal Crescent Hotel in Bath, where he spent over four years managing the award-winning Dower House restaurant. He also played a pivotal role managing the customer experience […]