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WINNIE-THE-POOH’S 25 SIMPLE PLEASURES Quintessential England; The top 25 traditional family activities and days out revealed VisitEngland encourages families to experience life’s simple pleasures inspired by the tales of Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin Top 10 activities spark new classic style Winnie-the-Pooh illustrations Dining alfresco, negotiating mazes and camping all hark back to a ‘bygone age’ […]

On the August Bank Holiday Weekend, 23, 24th & 25th, the stunning historic college of Stonyhurst College nr Clitheroe, Lancashire, hosts the Great British Food Festival. The recipe for the weekend, well take over 80 top local producers, a big serving of stunning hot food, real ale and wine bars, add a dash of craft […]

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 […]

With only one week to go, excitement is running high as Colne gears itself up for the biggest calendar event of the year. Next weekend, The Great British R&B Festival celebrates 25 years of bringing Blues to Colne, with four days of back-to-back music. From authentic electric blues, through to rock, jazz and acoustic sets, […]

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. […]