Blog (Latest News) - Visit Lancashire

Christopher William Shankly Carline the Grandson of the legendary Liverpool FC football manager and former Preston North End player Bill Shankly OBE has today revealed the name of the themed restaurant for the £15M Shankly Hotel Preston which is due to open in June next year.

A special exhibition to commemorate 100 years since the end of the First World War recently opened at The Fusilier Museum, Bury.

Enjoy a spectacular October half-term in Blackpool. Blackpool is gearing up for its biggest ever programme of family entertainment for the October half-term holidays.

A Canadian pyrotechnics team have been named as Blackpool’s World Fireworks Champions for the second time in four years.

Families of all ages are invited to a week of Halloween-themed events for the October Half Term (20-28^th October) at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre, Burscough.

Bookings are now open for a celebration of local produce in the first ever Pendle Hill Foodie Foray.

Five penguins have migrated west from Europe in time for winter! The female Magellanic penguins travelled from Germany and Italy to their new home at Blackpool Zoo in an epic 24-hour journey.

Chorley is set to come alive to the sound of music this weekend as the hugely popular Chorley Live returns for its fifth year.

Izzy Wizzy, It's a Sooty Celebration! New Illuminations Projection Show Marks 70th Birthday. A new projection show celebrating the 70th birthday of one of TV’s most enduring children’s characters is to be premiered at Blackpool Illuminations.

THE SHANKLY HOTEL PRESTON ANNOUNCES PERMANENT FOOTBALL MEMORABILIA EXHIBITION IN HONOUR OF SIR TOM FINNEY CBE & BILL SHANKLY OBE.