Blog (April 2019) - Visit Lancashire

Thinking up things for children to do can be one of the biggest challenges for parents and grandparents. So why not use visitlancashire.com for inspiration and ideas.

If the brighter days of spring are inspiring you to ‘Ready, steady cook’- or simply ‘Ready, steady- eat!’, then get ready to satisfy those tingling tastebuds.

Gardening enthusiasts keen to see some of the country’s top floral exhibitors and trade stands are being urged to get their tickets for this year’s Chorley Flower Show in advance at chorleyflowershow.com

The 2011 Champion Golfer of the Year, Darren Clarke, will make his Senior Open Presented by Rolex debut later this year after confirming he will tee it up at Royal Lytham & St Annes from July 25-28.

The latest results from the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch have revealed a mixed picture for Lancashire’s garden birdlife with nearly half of the top 20 species returning fewer sightings in gardens across the county than in 2018.

Morecambe prepares to flex its mussels as a major environmental tourist attraction, as Paul Mackenzie from Lancashire Life reports.

For memories that don’t cost a penny (or thereabouts), pack up the family, dust off your
walking boots, and indulge your creative instincts on one of these invigorating sculpture
trails.
 

The bestselling children’s author David Walliams and the award-winning Birmingham Stage Company have today announced a new production of Billionaire Boy, is set to arrive at the Opera House Blackpool as part of a UK tour from Wednesday 11– Sunday 15 March 2020.

LIVEWIRE Festival to return in 2019. Tower Headland Arena, Blackpool August 22nd - 25th 2019. First headliner announced - Ms. Lauryn Hill - Saturday 24th August 2019
Tickets on sale Friday 5th April at 10am.

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has announced adrenaline fuelling plans for an £8m investment on its latest addition to the park, the UK’s first double launch rollercoaster, ICON. The exhilarating revamp will make ICON the world’s first ever rollercoaster to be powered directly by the volume of riders’ screams.