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Preston City Council and partners Lancashire County Council and Winckley Square Community Interest Company have received a confirmed grant of £945,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for the Winckley Square project, it was announced today. The project aims to enhance the wider Winckley Square area's existing qualities through sensitive conservation based regeneration and re-energise […]

LeftCoast has been successful in its bid to the Clore Prize Fund and has been awarded a major prize to further the cultural shift taking place in Blackpool. As part of the celebrations of fifty years of the Clore Duffield Foundation eight prizes were awarded to innovative arts projects at a high profile ceremony at […]

Top-selling queen of crime drama Martina Cole will be at County Hall for a special event on Tuesday 11 November. From 7pm Martina will be talking about her work, meeting fans and signing copies of her new book, The Good Life. The event has been organised by Lancashire County Council's library service and the SilverDell […]

A new entry level scheme for visitor accommodation is to be introduced in Blackpool in 2015. The Blackpool Approved scheme, which is accredited by VisitEngland, ensures that a property is “legal, safe and clean”, meets all requirements with regard to health and safety, and also demonstrates good customer practice. Although it does not give an […]

London has 4.5 times more international visitors than the North of England as a whole. Scotland has twice as many tourists as Yorkshire or the entire North West. London is not this country’s only tourist destination – the North boasts stunning countryside, history and culture.  But how would anyone know that when there is no […]

The SPA Hotel at Ribby Hall Village receives go-ahead for £500,000 expansion plans Carole Pilling, Senior Accommodation Manager at the multi-award-winning Ribby Hall Village has confirmed this week that after recently receiving planning permission, initial ground works to extend The SPA Hotel and enhance its offering have now commenced. The SPA Hotel at Ribby Hall […]

RESTORATION work on an historic farmhouse in Chorley is now complete, giving it an amazing new lease of life as the area’s first heritage hub. The 400-year-old Astley Farmhouse, which forms part of the town’s Astley Hall complex owned by Chorley Council, has been completely restored so that it can be used by community groups […]

It is with great pleasure that we announce that UK Tribute Festivals, the team responsible for Festwich, an annual festival on St Mary’s Park in Prestwich, have decided that it is time to take the festival further afield. The team intend to host it at Moor Park, in Preston during summer 2015. Festival curator Jools […]

Final preparations are underway ahead of the North West Labour Party conference returning to Blackpool this weekend. The conference, which runs from Friday until Sunday at The Imperial Hotel, North Promenade, sees the party return to the resort for the fourth year in a row. More than 500 delegates, including a raft of the UK’s […]

Following an online public vote hosted by media partner Lancashire Evening Post/Johnston Press, Marketing Lancashire today (Thursday 23 October) announced the three finalists in the Lancashire Tourism Awards Tourism Superstar 2014 category; an award that recognises and rewards individuals who have been nominated by their tourism industry colleagues for their special contribution to tourism in […]

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is reaching for the skies with a brand new ride for 2015! The 42-acre amusement park has joined forces with the world famous Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, the Red Arrows, to launch a unique thrill ride which will take excitement sky-high! In another world first, Blackpool Pleasure Beach will become the […]

Families can head over to Gawthorpe Hall this half-term holiday for some special seasonal activities – make a spooky spoon puppet and use it for stirring the cauldron and create your own magic spell. You can also follow the pumpkin trail round the historic rooms of the hall. These horrid Halloween activities will be on […]