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Lancashire’s history and heritage are shaped by its influential role in the Industrial Revolution, with mill towns and historic landmarks telling the story of its development. Castles, stately homes, and preserved sites across the county reflect a rich past that continues to define its character today.
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Dukes Theatre and Cinema
Cultural centre and theatre in Lancaster screening a wide range of films and own produced and touring work. Hosts annual outdoor Promenade productions.
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Tite & Locke
Lancaster's destination bar with an incredible range of craft beers, select wines and carefully chosen spirits from around the world.
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Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery
Encounter beetles, badgers, Japanese art and an Egyptian mummy on a street in Blackburn.
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The Ditchburn Jukebox Museum
Take a trip back in time, when jukebox music was in every coffee bar and milk bar in the UK.
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Leighton Hall
Award winning Leighton Hall is the lived-in house of the famous furniture making Gillow dynasty.
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Gawthorpe Hall
An Elizabethan Gem in industrial Lancashire, period rooms, work by Charles Barry and Pugin, nationally important Rachel Kay - Shuttleworth textile collection, National Portrait Gallery paintings, connections to English Civil War.
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Warton Village, St Oswald's Church and the Old Rectory
North of Carnforth, this village has strong links to the Washington family, ancestors of the USA's first President George Washington. The local church bears the Washington coat of arms, and flies the Stars & Stripes flag every 4th July.
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