Blog (July 2019) - Visit Lancashire

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has been named as the UK’s best amusement park by German travel site, Travel Circus.  In addition, the famous amusement park is also ranked as the third best in Europe, behind Disneyland Paris and Europa Park.

The Dukes’ season of outdoor cinema in Williamson Park begins this Wednesday, with Monty Python’s anarchic comedy Life of Brian (12A) getting their series of Sunset Screenings underway.

The summer holidays are here - yeah! And we have a great weekend full of events to help you celebrate.

Preston parks and gardens are among a record-breaking 1,970 UK parks and green spaces plus 131 in thirteen other countries around the world that will today receive either a prestigious Green Flag Award, a Green Heritage accreditation or a Green Flag Community Award – the mark of a quality park or green space.

Lucy prepares to light up Blackpool Coronation Street actress to take the Switch-On starring role.

A beautiful Cayman Islands sea turtle – bred for the food industry in the Far East, where it is a delicacy – has arrived in Blackpool after being rescued from certain death.

Blackpool’s award-winning Lightpool Festival is returning this October half-term with two weeks of extraordinary free entertainment.

A £100k competition has been launched giving one lucky winner a unique opportunity to create new work for the world-famous Blackpool Illuminations.

Fleetwood Festival of Transport is once again welcoming back SpareParts, the UKs only free festival of art, performance and spectacle dedicated to transport, travel and motion to Tram Sunday this weekend.

Everyone loves it when summer waves its magic wand; making school disappear, and laying out an enchanted trail to the long summer holidays.