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Nelson town centre is gearing up for its next big event – a celebration of Lancashire Day AND the Nelson Christmas lights switch-on! Both events will take place on Saturday 24th November, starting at 11am. Councillor Paul White, who represents tourism in Pendle, said: “Nelson’s event is officially the largest Lancashire Day celebrations in the […]

The first ever Preston Guild marathon event takes place this Sunday October 28th. The day will see over 4000 runners compete in a junior mini-marathon, a half marathon and a full marathon. The event is the third run in the four part Guild Race Series. All races begin and finish from Preston Flag Market in […]

 New Strategy Unveiled to Drive Domestic Business Through the Trade 11 October 2012:  VisitEngland’s Chairman Penelope Viscountess Cobham, announced today in a speech at the ABTA Travel Convention the national tourist board’s plans to further grow tourism in England by working more closely with the travel trade.   Unveiling a raft of activity aimed at inspiring […]

New Strategy Unveiled to Drive Domestic Business Through the Trade VisitEngland’s Chairman Penelope Viscountess Cobham, announced today in a speech at the ABTA Travel Convention the national tourist board’s plans to further grow tourism in England by working more closely with the travel trade.   Unveiling a raft of activity aimed at inspiring and educating travel […]

Lewis Gallagher, commis chef at Stanley House Hotel’s Grill on the Hill, Mellor has been named as one of the top young chefs in Britain at the National Young Chef of the Year competition. 21 year old Lewis was announced as one of two runners-up at the event, which took place at The Restaurant Show, […]

As the nights draw in and thoughts turn to Halloween, visitors to Lancashire can expect some top quality, spine-tingling thrills thanks to some of the county’s foremost purveyors of dark tourism and winners of prestigious Lancashire Tourism Awards 2012. World class scream park, Farmaggedon, took the coveted Best Visitor Experience of the Year award at […]

Sir Matthew Pinsent opens new Stanley House estate Olympian and BBC journalist, Sir Matthew Pinsent, was guest of honour at the opening ceremony of Stanley House Hotel’s new multi-million pound estate. Located in Mellor and set in 54 acres of Ribble Valley countryside, Stanley House has completed hotel’s final chapter in a major investment programme. […]

The popular BBC2 antiques programme Flog It! presented by Paul Martin, is coming to Blackpool. Flog It! – the major BBC2 antiques series – regularly gets an audience of two million viewers each weekday. The Blackpool Tower Circus will be hosting the Flog It! Valuation Day.  Rather like a treasure hunt, members of the public […]

The winners of the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2012/13 were announced last night (Thursday 13 September 2012) at the Guild Hall, Preston in the first formal event organised by Marketing Lancashire, the new company charged with promoting the county as a great place to visit, work, invest and live in. The evening was hosted by guest […]

Saturday 22nd September heralds the start of British Cheese Week, and it’s not too late to take advantage of it as a promotional opportunity- and support local cheese makers at the same time. If you use Lancashire cheese in dishes on your menu, make a point of where the cheese comes from. If you’re looking […]

Marketing Lancashire is pleased to announce that acclaimed fashion designer and style guru Wayne Hemingway MBE will be guest presenter at the Lancashire Tourism Awards 2012/13 which will be held at The Guild Hall, Preston on Thursday 13 September 2012.     Wayne Hemingway MBE was born in Morecambe, Lancashire and established his fashion label Red or […]

As the Olympic Games came to a spectacular close on Sunday 12 August, Marketing Lancashire and VisitEngland were putting final touches to a two day tour of Lancashire, which was offered to unaccredited media through the London Media Centre. Hundreds of unaccredited media arrived in England to cover the social and cultural events surrounding the […]