Lune Aqueduct S K E R T NORTH O R A N 5 8 B 9 R I I D G V E E T E R E R T LancasterS City Trail T 4 N L E M Maritime ST GEORGE’S QUAY A 1 I T Let’s begin outside theD Priory Church. Walk over to the top Carry on up Great John Street and when you get to Dalton U L 8 E A Museum E R of the steps. From hereO you can see the history of the city Square, stop and ponder the Town Hall, another gift to the R A R T P K N S E N S city from , to house the city council, its public laid out before you. The magnificent GeorgianW buildings tell Lord Ashton E O I C G N D K U of the riches that wereT Re madetail during Lancaster’s R heyday as a services, a court, banqueting suites and a large concert hall. R L A A O E A E C Park O D Y bustling port on the spice R route. As your eyes travel The monument of Queen Victoria in Dalton Square was QUAY H K O MEADOW upwards, notice the rows andL rows of Victorian terraces that given to the city at the same time and features 53 eminent M U GREEN U N U were built by the Victorian ownersB of the thundering cotton Victorians at its base. I D AYRE B R mills to house the workers who toiled for them. On the I D G skyline you can see The Ashton MemorialRIDG, completed inE Cross over and turn left into Gage Street. continue through E LLENN R BRIDGE I O A 1909, after being commissioned by Lancaster’s foremost Ffrances Passage (yes spelt correctly), into Penny Street, D M D turn right until you reach the crossroads with . entrepreneur Lord Ashton. Sometimes referred toA as Market Street 3 Lancaster’s Taj Mahal, it is believed to have been builtO in Here you will see a horseshoe set into the pavings. Legend R tribute to his wife Jessie. Around it spreads a spectacularK 9 has it that it was John O’Gaunt’s horse that cast its shoe C D park with a café and butterfly house, an atmosphericE place when galloping to the Castle. A B to while away an afternoon T O U R O E 10 Carry on up Market Street to Market Square. On the wall of VICARAGE R R Now, turn around and look at the Priory itself. You are standingT E the 1725 pub you will see a plaque that tells you that Bonnie FIELDS M T WATER STREET on ancient hallowed ground - it is believed that Christian Prince Charlie was declared Regent near this site in 1745. N P H E 11 O worship has been taking place on this site since the 2nd centuryK The City Museum, once the Town Hall, is also in this square. E T N E I - the Romans arrived in LancasterE in about 80AD. The Priory Roman Bath X R T S T E T S E House (Ruins) R itself is very old and was granted a charter as a R Benedictine Keep walking up Market Street until you see a small ginnel E E T S E R S u T I T g Priory in 1094. YouD canE V find out more inside the Church.Y 12 on your right behind Barclays Bank. This is Sun Street, it was a E r L H S E built around 1780 and it cuts through what would once have Lancaster o L u O s 2 T W St John’s e Turn again andE look at the Castle. It started life as a Roman been the dramatic gardens of a prosperous Georgian Priory E T C A E E R l S T H le 13 E R lawyer. You will see The Music Room on your left, this would B L 5 A Church y fort and has a thrilling history of dungeons, witches, knights C A T E P E A N E T S have been a beautiful folly in the ornamental gardens. The and martyrs. It is here that the Pendle witches were tried L L L A O E G D G S and condemnedE to the gallows which in those days were nine muses decorate its interior walls in stunning N D L D T ’ S I Bus R A R G 1 R O D A D E near The AshtonF Memorial. From where you are standing plasterwork and it can now be rented as holiday D R M B A E H L S R M Station T T N A T Judges’ S R you can seeA Hanging Corner where the public executions accommodation via The Landmark Trust. The Atkinson’s R I O M W D N A S E H A Lodgings E S were held in the 18th-19th centuries - imagine the coffee roaster wafts its rich aroma into the streets of N T L Lancaster R C A 2 Y 6 R N thousands of people who gathered where you are standing Lancaster, as it has done since Thomas and Jane Atkinson ’ O E Castle S FREEHOLD S R 14 E P to watch. opened the Grasshopper Tea Warehouse in 1837. M E A C D D A Grand R H L T U R R A R T C E Y H E ST LEONARDGATETheatre S D T S S K H On the right you can see the Shire Hall which is still used as Continue on down Sun Street, noticing the tiny Georgian T N L E R L E E T N E A A E W T A R D properties that would once have been thriving shops. At the L a Crown Court. The older part of the Castle dates back to the R E C O A T C T N 7 e N E O end you reach Church Street which follows the line of the n mid-12th century. You can take a tour around the Castle - S a N E R T L e STON N EWELL n see theR old prison wings which only closed Ein 2011 and be original Roman Road where Roman legions marched to the CHINA STREET y A R U r a R 13 T E Y D L E A S e L Cottage S L D R R c O S r T fort. Turn left and walk up the street, you will see the house 15 locked in the pitch black dungeons - n C A o T T A S A T 11 D L a h A E S P Museum O A h R K c R W where Bonnie Prince Charlie is supposed to have stayed, T C n B R H S City A I A M A L O With the entrance to theT Priory on your (number 76). Time to move on. N O W O T L A The E R D N O L 12 Museum H U L B L A CHEAPSIDE right, E walk around the clock tower noticing the spectacular L St Nicholas N S T R Storey I MARKET E M M S O H I At the head of the street you will see the majestic Judges’ T view of the coast - it’s easy to see why the Romans chose L A A SQUARE Arcades A I T E 14 L C D L E MARKET STREET 9 E this site for their defences. You will see a lane in front of you Lodgings which was originally built in 1630 as the house of L L Shopping E 10 R I l e A s R u n T y the Governor of the Castle. Following this it was used as f - follow it down; on yourN right amongst the undergrowth is n 16 W e e a T S e h Centre o E l L d S l s 3 F m e a N the spot of a Roman Bath House. Keep going until you accommodation for judges who travelled to cast their A a 10 i gat Railway n E c t R B S H r Inn a N e r Ffr A A anc L 8 i es reach the Quay. verdicts at the Assizes courts at the Castle. k O E I N T Station S A lip J M O O Passa G R R O AG G L ge E S A S T E T T S K Golden Ball F Mar T N E U T H O I E 11 N A G E N E T I G T E S E E Transport your mind back to the 1750s, Lancaster’sP Take the fork to the left of the Judges’ Lodgings and M E A E R R T S K R R R O T E A R T D 15 approach the Castle. You will see the former Dispensary of T bustling quayside was England’s 4th largest port - you G S R R E E S T E Marketgate E K S would have seen jostling crowds of sailors, merchants, 1785 (number 19) which provided healthcare for the poor. T Y L T W DALTON N U Shopping Y 12 H errand boys, traders and ladies of both good and ill repute.