#LancashireTreasures SUMMER IS ON ITS WAY AND WE KNOW THE BEST PLACE TO CREATE THOSE MEMORIES AND TAKE SOME WELL-DESERVED TIME OUT IS OF COURSE !

Create some fun filled memories with family and friends and enjoy some of our great ‘Lancashire Treasures’. From country escapes to seaside breaks; castles and museums to theme parks and animal attractions – all topped off with a great range of places to stay and eat, not to mention a huge variety of summer events

Don’t forget to tag @VisitLancashire #LancashireTreasures A Brockholes Nature Reserve

Embark on a natural adventure this summer at Brockholes. Discover lakeside paths buzzing with butterflies and dragonflies and keep an eye out for a glimpse of brown hares bouncing in the meadow. Fly like a bird across the zip wire and take on the climbing forest, then refuel in the floating Kestrel Kitchen enjoying a beautiful lake view.

Off junction 31 of the M6 at Preston www.brockholes.org

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Samlesbury Hall has a full calendar of events for the whole family to partake in this Summer! From a stay over in the luxury Shepherd’s Huts, to enjoying evenings of live music, waffles, pizza and prosecco – it is all taking place!

Preston New Road, Samlesbury, PR5 0UP www.samlesburyhall.co.uk

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Have a hopping, jumping, buzzing summer adventure at Wetland Centre with Giant Bionic Bugs! There’s loads of bug- themed activities for the whole family to enjoy as you discover GIANT bugs brought to life with state of the art animatronics.

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1. The Blackpool Tower 9. Madame Tussauds Blackpool 2. East Lancashire Railway 10. Ribby Hall Village 3. Go Ape Rivington 11. SEA LIFE Blackpool 4. Show – 3 Aug 12. South Lakeland Leisure Village 5. Heritage Tram Tours 13. Tewitfield Marina 4 6. The Hill - The Home of Ski Rossendale 14. Thornton Hall Country Park 7. Tower 15. World Horse Welfare Penny Farm 8. King George’s Hall

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Don’t forget to tag @VisitLancashire #LancashireTreasures 1. The Blackpool Tower 5. Heritage Tram Tours The Promenade, Blackpool, FY1 4BJ The Promenade, Blackpool www.theblackpooltower.com www.blackpoolheritage.com/httours

2. East Lancashire Railway 6. The Hill - The Home of Ski Rossendale Bolton Street Station, Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0EY Haslingden Old Rd, Rawtenstall BB4 8RR www.eastlancsrailway.org.uk www.thehilluk.com

3. Go Ape Rivington 7. Hoghton Tower Rivington Lane, Rivington, Bolton, BL6 7SB Hoghton, Nr Preston, PR5 0SH www.goape.co.uk/days-out/north/rivington www.hoghtontower.co.uk

4. Garstang Show – 3 August 8. King George’s Hall Garstang Showfield, Off Green Lane East, Northgate, , BB2 1AA Preston PR3 1JS www.kinggeorgeshall.com www.garstangshow.org 9. Madame Tussauds Blackpool 13. Tewitfield Marina 87 – 89 Promenade, Blackpool, FY1 5AA Chapel Lane, Tewitfield, Carnforth, LA6 1JQ www.madametussauds.com/blackpool www.tewitfieldmarina.co.uk

10. Ribby Hall Village 14. Thornton Hall Country Park Wrea Green, Nr Blackpool, PR4 2PR Thornton in Craven, BD23 3TS www.ribbyhall.co.uk www.thorntonhallcountrypark.co.uk/school-holiday-fun

11. SEA Life Blackpool 15. World Horse Welfare Promenade, Blackpool FY1 5AA Penny Farm www.visitsealife.com/blackpool Preston New Road, Blackpool, FY4 5JS www.worldhorsewelfare.org/Farm/Penny-Farm 12. South Lakeland Leisure Village Borwick Lane, Borwick, Carnforth, LA6 1BH For lots more great ideas, www.pure-leisure.co.uk/parks/lake-district /south-lakeland-leisure-village/overview/ go to visitlancashire.com/summer 7 Jul PJ Masks Visit 13-14 Jul Thornton Hall Country Park Rossendale Kite Festival 29 Jun – 7 Jul Rossendale Leisure Trust, Haslingden Rossendale Heritage Festival 9 Jul – 17 Aug Various venues around Rossendale Archaeology Festival 2019 13-14 Jul Museum & Exhibition, Leyland Great Eccleston Show 1 Jul – 26 Aug Great Eccleston Showfield Fearsome Craftsmen - 10-14 Jul The Vikings Are Coming Lytham Festival 2019 14 Jul Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library, Preston Lytham Green Gingerbread Festival Ormskirk Town Centre Throughout Summer 11 – 14 Jul Glamping Family Breaks RV International Piano Festival, 14 Jul The Hamlet, Samlesbury Hall, nr Preston Theatre, Westholme School Tudor Festival Day Hoghton Tower, nr Preston 1 Jul – 30 Aug 12 – 13 Jul The Summer Carnival Summer at Samlesbury 16 Jul Woodland Trail Samlesbury Hall, nr Preston Ribby Hall Village, Wrea Green Colne Grand Prix, Elite Cycle Race Colne Town Centre 12 – 14 Jul 4 Jul – 7 Sept The Very Hungry 17 Jul – 10 Aug Utopian – The Hot Ice Show Caterpillar Show Pleasure Beach, Blackpool Grand Theatre, Blackpool The Dukes - Sunset Screenings Williamson Park, Lancaster 13 Jul 5 – 7 Jul 19 Jul Garstang Scarecrow Create Longridge Longridge Town Centre Bat and Barn Owl Nights Festival 2019 WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre Garstang 13 Jul 19-21 Jul 6 Jul ILL-Abilities FREE Workshop Cleveleys Plaza, Cleveleys Royal Lancashire Show 2019 Goosnargh & Longridge Salesbury Hall, Ribchester Agricultural Show Lower Lane, Longridge 13 Jul Throughout Summer Vikings Sweet Treats at 6 Jul on the Flag Dottie’s Wafflery Bat and Barn Owl Nights Market Samlesbury Hall, nr Preston WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre Flag Market, Preston 20 Jul 7 Jul Bands in the Park Classic Car Rally Queens Park, Burnley Leighton Hall, Carnforth 21 Jul Garstang Ice Cream Festival Garstang High Street

21 Jul North West Reptile Club 20 – 21 Jul - Reptile Encounter Brockholes Nature Reserve Heysham Viking Festival Heysham Cricket Club 21 Jul 20 – 21 Jul Alice in Wonderland 27 – 28 Jul Burnley Mechanics Theatre Green Fayre Flower Show Astley Hall, Chorley Beacon Country Park, Upholland 22 Jul 20 - 21 Jul Drawing and Painting Workshop 27 – 28 Jul WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre Tram Sunday Weekend Beach Keepsake Jars Brockholes Nature Reserve Heritage Tram Tours, Blackpool 22 Jul 20 Jul – 1 Sept Alice Through The Looking Glass 29 Jul Worden Park, Leyland Giant Bionic Bugs Cinderella - A Summer WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre 25 Jul Pantomime Worden Park, Leyland 20 Jul – 8 Sept Tabby McTat King George’s Hall, Blackburn 30 Jul – 24 Aug Bacup Flower Pot Festival Around Bacup Town Centre 25 Jul Barnoldswick Beach Barnoldswick Town Centre 21 Jul Pizza & Prosecco Night Samlesbury Hall, nr Preston 31 Jul - 28 Aug Farmers Market Hoghton Tower, nr Preston 26 – 27 Snow White - Summer Pantomime North Pier Theatre, Blackpool 21 Jul Summer Garden Party Burnley Town Centre 31 Jul – 31 Aug Wildlife Photography Workshop WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre 27 Jul Around the World in 80s Days 21 Jul A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Grand Theatre, Outdoor Theatre Blackpool Fleetwood Festival of Transport Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham (Tram Sunday) Fleetwood 27 Jul 21 Jul Wonderwood Festival Witton Country Park, Blackburn Treasure Island Outdoor Theatre Performance Hoghton Tower, nr Preston 6 – 28 Aug 10 – 11 Aug Steve Royle’s Comedy Light Chaos For Kids Railway Summer Gala Grand Theatre, Blackpool West Lancashire Light Railway,

8 Aug 10 – 18 Aug 1, 15 & 29 Aug Fairytale Adventure Pendle Walking Festival Wizard Academy East Lancashire Railway, Bury Throughout Pendle East Lancashire Railway, Bury 8 Aug 11 Aug 1 Aug Bugs and Beasties Trawden Show 2019 Pizza & Prosecco Night Thornton Hall Country Park Trawden Village Samlesbury Hall, nr Preston 8 Aug 13 Aug 2 Aug Pizza & Prosecco Night Theatre in the Park Wild Families: Space Samlesbury Hall, nr Preston Brockholes Nature Reserve presents Romeo and Juliet Astley Park, Chorley 8 - 26 Aug 3 Aug Bubble & Bounce 15 Aug Alien Invasion Guy’s Thatched Hamlet, Bilsborrow Flag Market & Preston Markets, Preston Pizza & Prosecco Night Samlesbury Hall, nr Preston 9 - 11 Aug 3 Aug St Annes International 16 Aug The Garstang Show Garstang Showfield Kite Festival Bat and Barn Owl Nights St Annes Beach WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre 3 – 4 Aug 10 Aug 16 – 17 Aug Day out with Thomas East Lancashire Railway, Bury Clitheroe Food Festival 2019 Stonyhurst Literature Clitheroe Town Centre and Film Festival Stonyhurst College, nr Clitheroe 5 – 28 Aug 10 Aug Summer Fun with Band at the End of the World 17-18 Aug Betsy Bumblebee Flag Market, Preston Samlesbury Hall, nr Preston Lytham 1940s Wartime Weekend Lytham Green 10-11 Aug Blackpool Air Show Blackpool Tower Festival Headland 17 – 18 Aug 23-25 Aug Sci-Fi on the Sidings Great British Rhythm East Lancashire Railway, Bury & Blues Festival Colne Town Centre 17 Aug Bohemian Rhapsody 23-25 Aug Stonyhurst Outdoor Cinema Great Eccleston Tractor Pulling Championships 17 Aug Great Eccleston Showfield Outdoor Theatre - Gangsta Granny 24 Aug Brockholes Nature Reserve Taste of Leyland Leyland Town Centre 18 Aug Fylde Coast Food and 24 – 26 Aug 29 Aug Drink Festival Great British Food Festival Marine Hall and Gardens, Fleetwood Stonyhurst College, Hurst Green Xplorer Challenge Brockholes Nature Reserve 21 Jul 24 - 26 Aug 29 Aug Farmers Market August Bank Holiday Gold Hoghton Tower, nr Preston Heritage Tram Tours, Blackpool Pizza & Prosecco Night Samlesbury Hall, nr Preston 19 -20 Aug 25 Aug 30 Aug Elmer the Patchwork Elephant Ormskirk Motorfest King George’s Hall, Blackburn Town Centre and Corporation Park, Ormskirk Blackpool Illuminations Switch-On Party 20 Aug 25-26 Aug Blackpool Tower Festival Headland Wild Families: Gruffalo Big Machines Weekend Brockholes Nature Reserve Thornton Hall Country Park 30 Aug Wild Families: Dinosaurs 22 Aug 27 Aug Brockholes Nature Reserve Theatre in the Park presents Ride the Lights 30 Aug – 3 Nov Wuthering Heights Blackpool Promenade Astley Park, Chorley Blackpool Illuminations 29 Aug – 1 Sept & Lightpool Blackpool 22 Aug Fleetwood Folk and Dinky Dinosaur Adventure Blues Weekend 2019 East Lancashire Railway, Bury Marine Hall and Gardens, Fleetwood 31 Aug – 1 Sep Vintage by the 22-25 Aug Sea Festival 2019 Morecambe Livewire Festival Blackpool Tower Festival Headland 31 Aug 22 Aug Amazing Accrington Pizza & Prosecco Night Soapbox Challenge Samlesbury Hall, nr Preston Accrington Town Centre

23 Aug Wild Families: Knights, Princesses & Dragons Brockholes Nature Reserve 1 Sept 7 Sept 13-22 Sept People’s Parade Wildlife Photography Workshop Heritage Open Days Blackburn Town Centre, Blackburn WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre Across Lancashire

1 Sept 7 Sept 14 Sept Outdoor Theatre - British Para Orchestra Heritage Open Day at Wuthering Heights Empress Ballroom, Winter Gardens, Blackpool Gawthorpe Hall Brockholes Nature Reserve Gawthorpe Hall, Padiham 7 – 8 Sept 1 Sept In the Night Garden Live 15 Sept Classic Cars Grand Theatre, Blackpool Shrek™ visit to Thornton Hoghton Tower, nr Preston Hall Country Park 8 Sept Thornton Hall Country Park 3-14 Sept Drawing and Painting Workshop Doctor Dolittle The Musical WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre 18 – 21 Sept Opera House & Winter Gardens, Blackpool The Addams Family 8 Sept Grand Theatre, Blackpool 4 - 7 Sept Lancaster Festa Italia The Ramsbottom Lancaster City Centre 21 – 22 Sept Jigsaw Festival 2019 Animal Magic St Paul’s Church, Ramsbottom 8 Sept WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre An Evening Of Comedy 6 – 7 Sept Lytham Hall, Lytham 21 – 22 Sept Nelson Food Festival Food, Arts and Music Festival Nelson Town Centre 13-15 Sept Opera House & Winter Gardens, Blackpool The British Country 6 – 8 Sept Music Festival 21 – 22 Sept Confessional Festival 2019 Opera House & Winter Heritage Open Days at Holy Trinity Church, Blackburn Gardens, Blackpool Mill Windmill Thornton 6 – 27 Sept World Fireworks 28 - 29 Sept Championship Blackpool September Spectacular Blackpool Tower Festival Headland Heritage Tram Tours, Blackpool

For lots more great ideas, fun, events and prizes go to visitlancashire.com/summer @VisitLancashire #LancashireTreasures