http://www.visitlancashire.com - News Articles en-GB Copyright Visit Lancashire Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:31:00 GMT Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:31:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Visit Lancashire News http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/latest-news/2012/6/1/wwt-martin-mere-gives-a-diamond-gift-to-hm-the-queen-in-jubilee-year-a2142 WWT Martin Mere has sent an extra special present to its Patron, HM The Queen, in this, her Diamond Jubilee year. Her Majesty has been presented with the adoption of a female Bewick’s swan aptly named ‘Diamond Two’. Diamond Two is one of more than 200 Bewick’s swans, each individually recognised by their own unique bill pattern ‘fingerprint’, that fly thousands of miles from Arctic Russia to spend the winter at WWT centres. The discovery of the Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT General http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/latest-news/2012/5/28/it-s-play-time-at-wwt-martin-mere-wetland-centre-a2139 On Saturday 2 June, WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre is launching a brand new adventure play area: Rushes Play Space. The play area, a £250K development, involves climbing structures, tree houses, swings, slides, sand pits and waterplay around a central boardwalk for adults to sit and relax in beautiful surroundings. The design reflects Martin Mere’s focus on the environment and natural play allowing children ages and abilities to play in a social and safe environment. Featu Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT General http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/latest-news/2012/5/28/lancashire-s-new-award-winners-a2138 You know there’s a warm welcome waiting for you in Lancashire, with great places to stay, where you know everything will be just right and where there’s so much to see and that you’ll be spoilt for choice.  But just don’t take our word for it – on 23 May 2012 Lancashire struck gold at the Visit England Excellence Awards 2012, the national awards for the very best tourism businesses in England. Gold Winners Best B&B or Guest Accommodation; the jud Mon, 28 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT General http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/latest-news/2012/5/18/flamingo-chicks-hatch-at-wwt-martin-mere-wetland-centre-a2136 Six greater flamingo chicks have been born at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. Twenty three eggs have been laid so far this year; so the Grounds team are still expecting many more chicks to hatch in the next week for the award winning Downy Duckling Week, starting Saturday 2 June when visitors can watch and interact with the whole egg to duckling process. The flamingos, traditionally from the Mediterranean and parts of Africa, nest on bark chippings in their enclosure.  They would Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT General http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/latest-news/2012/5/15/summer-of-scares-in-lancashire-at-horror-camp-live-a2134 ‘Carry on Camping’...if you dare, at Horror Camp Live! -  the UK’s first interactive horror camping experience opening in Lancashire on Friday 13th July this year.   The new 13-hour overnight terror experience will have campers screaming throughout the night as they are placed in the middle of a live horror experience where actors will unleash dare-based games with evil twists and turns.   Located at various sites across the UK, Horror Camp Live! kicks Tue, 15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT General http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/latest-news/2012/5/14/a-night-at-a-museum-a2133 A night of post hardcore rock, a Norman invasion, gruesome mill tales, puppet theatre curators and a visit from an international sculptor… Night Sites returns for 2012 – Pennine Lancashire’s Museums at Night Campaign where museums and galleries open late and host special evening events for all the family to enjoy. The Haworth Art Gallery in Accrington brings the exhibition rooms alive with the sounds of Scott Robinson – classical guitarist; So Called Friends Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT General http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/latest-news/2012/5/9/have-a-right-royal-jubilee-in-blackpool-this-june-a2132 Seven amazing attractions – one great price • Get up close and personal with the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge and HM the Queen • Enjoy a street party and Jubilee show in The Blackpool Tower Ballroom • Experience some royally delightful views at the top of The Blackpool Tower Eye • Plus why not pay a visit to SEA LIFE Blackpool, The Blackpool Tower Dungeon and Circus • Visit www.theblackpooltower.com for full information, t Wed, 09 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT General http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/latest-news/2012/5/4/secrets-of-a-garden-uncovered-at-rufford-old-hall-a2126 Some of the secrets that lie behind Rufford Old Hall's delightful gardens will be revealed next week.   Gardener-in-charge David Roberts will be hosting an evening tour of the garden, and says:   "We'll be looking at the garden's history -for example, and rather surprisingly - its layout was shaped by the Industrial Revolution. The present garden - around 5 acres - is largely Victorian and is the period when most of the existing mature trees and shrubs you c Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT General http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/latest-news/2012/4/25/celebrate-the-duke-and-duchess-of-cambridges-royal-wedding-annivesary-with-free-entry-to-madame-tussauds-a2121 What better way to celebrate the first wedding anniversary of the hugely popular and much loved young Royals, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, than by paying them visit.  Stunning new figures of William and Catherine will be ready to meet well-wishers at Madame Tussauds Blackpool on Sunday 29 April. And those who share their special day will get an anniversary present from Madame Tussauds – FREE entry into the attraction.   Catherine is dressed in an exact copy of th Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT General http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/latest-news/2012/4/23/scary-characters-invade-lancashire-farm-for-film-trailer-a2120 Blood dripping from walls, terrifying deathly screams, actors bound in chains and frothing at the mouth – it’s all in a day’s work for the cast and crew of a Lancashire Halloween scare attraction which has pledged FULL on FEAR for 2012.   Pigs and sheep might be the norm at Hawkshaw Farm Park, Ribble Valley, but on Sunday, April 22, the cows ‘moo-ed’ over to make way for a blood-splattered, gory set where filming of the 2012 trailer for Scare Kingdom DOO Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT General http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/latest-news/2012/4/23/exceptional-twins-have-keepers-jumping-for-joy-a2119 Keepers at Blackpool Zoo thought they were seeing double when they spotted an extremely rare set of Red-necked wallaby twins in their Wallaby Walkabout exhibit. In fact, multiple births are so infrequent that the zoo’s Animal Manager, Peter Dillingham, who is also the Vice-Chair of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria’s Monotreme & Marsupial Taxon Advisory Group, has never personally witnessed twins sharing one pouch during his 39 year career. The two tiny joey Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT General http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/latest-news/2012/4/20/rehearsals-captured-on-camera-a2118 Take a peek behind the scenes of The Dukes latest production at a photographic exhibition which runs from April 23-29. Luke Johnston, who is among the cast of The Unsociables, has taken pictures throughout the rehearsal process and the results can be seen in The Dukes gallery. Luke, 17, from Lancaster is studying photography at Preston College and hopes to become a professional photographer. He has acted in several Dukes youth productions. The Unsociables is a fast-paced produc Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT General http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/latest-news/2012/4/19/madame-tussauds-blackpool-welcomes-the-duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge-a2116 The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, today made their debut at Madame Tussauds Blackpool, when stunningly life like wax figures of the much loved young Royal couple were revealed to celebrate its first birthday. Earlier this month the likenesses of The Duke and Duchess were also unveiled at Madame Tussauds attractions in London, New York and Amsterdam with each location portraying the Duchess in a different style. In Blackpool the hugely popular couple are portrayed as they first appe Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT General http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/latest-news/2012/4/4/john-barrowman-announces-summer-concerts-a2111 Saturday 23rd June 2012 – Tower Festival Headland, Blackpool John Barrowman, the multi-talented star of stage and screen on both sides of the Atlantic, will headline four fantastic shows across the UK this summer. Following several sell out tours and hit albums, John will once again prove why he is one of the UK’s most versatile and treasured artists with this new show at the new Tower Festival Headland on Saturday 23rd June 2012. John had an incredible 2011, with Torchwo Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT General http://www.visitlancashire.com/site/latest-news/2012/4/3/lancashires-six-of-the-best-a2108 We are celebrating news that six of the Lancashire and Blackpool Tourism Award Winners 2011/12 are now going forward to the Visit England Awards for Excellence and the chance of a prestigious national award. Lancashire has six finalists in 15 categories, the highest ever Lancashire representation in the national finals. Tony Openshaw, Marketing Director of Marketing Lancashire said, “We are extremely proud of all our regional award-winners, who are at the forefront of Lanca Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT General