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Blackpool’s Winter Gardens will host the national VisitEngland tourism awards this year, it has been announced. Tourist figures from across the country will descend on the resort for the Awards for Excellence 2016 ceremony, which will take place on Tuesday 8 March. With sixteen categories to compete for, hundreds of nominees are set to visit […]

Half-term is jam packed with free fun at The Mall, with crafts for Mother’s Day, a Chinese lantern parade and fairy tale lovers of all ages.   As the first, and possibly coldest and wettest, of 2016’s school holidays gets underway The Mall is offering parents the chance to keep the kids entertained for free. […]

The Dukes will launch the 20th anniversary production of the worldwide comic theatre sensation – Stones In His Pockets – from February 25-March 12. Performed at a breakneck pace, Stones In His Pockets has become internationally renowned and deeply loved among audiences in more than 30 countries since it was premiered in 1996. Two actors […]

Why is your production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream ‘a play for the nation’? We are making the show with a unique combination of participants from all over the country: 18 fabulous professional actors, 84 amateur actors from 14 different amateur theatre companies, and 583 schoolchildren. And, we will open the show in Stratford and […]

Set in the grounds of the magnificent grade 1 listed building, the college near Clitheroe in Lancashire provides a stunning venue for a Food & Drink Festival.  The event to be held for three days between the 8th April to the 10th April opens its gates at 10am each day.  The Great British Food Festival […]

One of the UK & Europe's leading special effects companies, BPM-SFX Ltd, which supply a wide range of special effects including stage & indoor Pyrotechnics, for some of the world’s leading music artists and music events, are in the process of relocating to a new building in Burnley which will accommodate their rapid growth. BPM-SFX […]

Virgin Trains is offering an exclusive discount of 30% off advance fares to areas affected by recent flooding as part of a three-month promotion starting next week. The operator has teamed up with VisitEngland to boost tourism and support the #Openforbusiness message in Cumbria, Yorkshire, Lancashire and Northumberland, to encourage people to visit the outstanding […]

New Transport Prospectus outlines how major investments in rail and road initiatives could create 15,000 new jobs and generate £685m in new economic growth The Lancashire Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has today (February 4th) published its latest Strategic Transport Prospectus which sets out the opportunities for Lancashire with regards to unlocking substantial economic potential via better […]

Five-star Ribby Hall Village in Wrea Green Lancashire is ensuring Valentine’s Day will be a sweet affair with a romantic and fun ‘Love Heart Trail’ through The Village’s woodland. The Love Heart Trail sponsored by Swizzels Love Hearts is a free-of-charge treasure hunt throughout the woods finding iconic love heart signs and solving clues. Guests […]

Blackpool Council has today announced a rebranded flagship Harry Ramsden fish restaurant is to open at the Blackpool Tower complex this summer. A Harry Ramsden restaurant and quick service outlet will be located in the space previously occupied by the Tower Lounge bar, complemented by a further eatery within the Tower complex. The operator of […]

Marketing Lancashire is celebrating the announcement that four Lancashire Tourism Awards 2015 winners have beaten strong competition from across the country and will now represent Lancashire, as finalists, in the prestigious Visit England Awards for Excellence 2016 which will take place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool on Tuesday 8 March, during English Tourism Week (5-13 […]

HORTICULTURAL traders from across the country are being invited to apply for a place at Lancashire’s only true flower show in the heart of the North West. Chorley Flower Show is back for its second year after a fantastic inaugural event that saw 10,000 visitors enjoy a floral extravaganza, which was nominated as a finalist […]