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Carnforth Station Heritage Centre’s joint entry with Leighton Hall – ‘A Brief Encounter with Leighton Hall’ has been selected from over 100 nominations as one of the best examples in the ‘Making Coaches a Better Choice’ category of the UK Coach Awards 2018. The Award is designed to recognise initiatives big or small, which genuinely improve life […]

Leyland’s award-winning Worden Park is set to host an artisan market later this month. The event – simply called ‘Worden Market’, and taking place on Sunday, 29 April – gives residents the chance to purchase locally-produced food, drink, and arts & crafts. From 11am until 3pm, the market will boast a wide range of stallholders […]

THE wheels are well and truly in motion to complete a new cycle route around Leyland. The first stretch of the ‘Leyland Loop’ has been completed and spans from Dunkirk Lane to Longmeanygate. Delivered by South Ribble Borough Council through the Leyland Neighbourhood Forum, this initial ‘demonstrator section’ is an example of what the whole […]

Piece-by-piece, the performers of Spanish circus company, Vaiven Circo Danza will construct a fantasy machine and transport onlookers into their world of expressive and daring performance for the first time outside London, performing the acclaimed Do Not Disturb, at The National Festival of Making. Taking place for a second year in Blackburn, Lancashire, between Sat […]

Not satisfied with the numerous awards and accolades it has won in recent years, The SPA Hotel at Ribby Hall Village has invested £0.5 million to further improve its facilities and establish firmly its position as one of the leading spa hotels in the UK. Consistently awarded 5 Bubble Star Status by the Good Spa Guide, […]

Today, Tony Attard OBE, Chair of the Board of Marketing Lancashire, announced the appointment of Rachel McQueen, as new Chief Executive of Marketing Lancashire. “Following an extensive search and interviews with a number of very strong applicants, I’m delighted to confirm the appointment of Rachel McQueen as the new Chief Executive of Marketing Lancashire” he […]

Marketing Lancashire has an exciting opportunity for a Marketing Manager to join the team based in Leyland.  You will be here on a full time, fixed term basis of 9 months and you will be offered a competitive salary of up to £28,000 per year. About Marketing Lancashire; Marketing Lancashire is the Destination Management Organisation […]

Lancashire council leaders are edging closer to an agreement over how best to work together to secure more investment in the county from Central Government. Talks about forming a Combined Authority broke down last year but leaders are back around the table in a bid to form an agreement that could see the region take […]

Lancashire women from Burnley’s Angela James and Rachel Kay-Shuttleworth to Blackburn’s Barbara Castle and Kathleen Ferrier are some of the amazing women who have lived near the Calder Valley Railway Line and are included in a new booklet. To mark the special significance of 2018 for women, an imaginative booklet ‘Discover Amazing Women by Rail’ […]

PEOPLE are being encouraged to visit and check out Chorley with the launch of a new cinematic-style video showing the beauty of the area and the many things to do on a great day out. The three minute, 28 second video has been launched by Chorley Council on Chorley’s visitor information website checkoutchorley.com to inspire […]

VisitEngland has today announced the finalists in the tourism industry’s national Awards for Excellence and they include a trio from Lancashire who each won in their category at the Lancashire Tourism Awards in November 2017. The Cartford Inn, Little Eccleston – Tourism Pub of the Year Award Browsholme Hall, Clitheroe – Sustainable Tourism Award Ascent Trampoline Park, Blackpool – New […]

A food offer described as ‘quality, creative, colourful, different, versatile and value for money’ has been recognised in prestigious industry awards. The Seafood Pub Company, which has 11 sites across Lancashire and Yorkshire, scooped the award for Best Food Offer at The Publican Awards in Battersea, London. Judges were looking for a pub company that […]