Historic Lancaster City Centre plan and places of interest – for information see over Skerton To the Lake District & north Ryelands Park High School M6 Junction 34 A683 ¡ To Morecambe To Carnforth and the To the Lune Valley & AD Lake District A6 ¡ RO A683 A6 N Kirkby Lonsdale A683 O AT C ¡ S P ➔ O ➔ R E TS CENTR to Crook O’Lune ¡ Lune Millennium Park ¡ Our Lady’s SK High School E RT to Morecambe O N BR ID R G et E re ¡ I t S 10 e D V un L A Edinburgh to Glasson Lancaster . O MARITIME E E T R Glasgow MUSEUM S N T O Newcastle N T E R A N Leeds M C d a A Manchester I o S ➔ t L R . U R G Birmingham e G A k o P l rg R u e E L ’ B s Y Cardiff LONDON Q River Lune H ➔ u Millennium O a U y Bridge N D B R I D G E ➔ l k a ➔ W ➔ Ph oen Coach Park t h ix S p a ➔ t. via Edward St. o w Mitre House E T l T R E D a to St George’s County Court S T n 13 Probate Office B L E A a Quay A ¡ Roman Valuation Office C A C The 12 Bus O St Leonard's r L Bath DSS•Job Centre l e on PRIORY Buses & Taxis R House f t Station r s g M House only St Johns CHURCH e a ar TAXI c sh ➔ Chapel St. Church H d N L of St Mary n a. ➔ RANK a T S The L 14 R t COVELL D Judges’ am N O 17 Entrance for tours 9 CROSS ➔ s ➔ a. Lodgings . id L of the Castle d e y te S r a Museum R t a g Wes 5 . Buses & Taxis d t R w m r oad e only e a s n Grand ➔ N o eo . Crown R L Theatre E d 2 The Cottage t. Court d ➔ R ➔ S Museum w . C n LANCASTER t hur c a o S h 16 i S t r t r CHINA STREET CHINA e n 4 e d a t Post t. CASTLE ➔ t u Children’s S S S Library Office Dukes Theatre S Ca t s and Cinema r t ew le e P C ar Library e k N LANCASTER a G t Folly Pictures s 8 11 St Nicholas t M e RAIL l T e o Gallery d Arcades o The Music i . r STATION s L H J LANCASTER TOURIST Market p an O Room a e i Square e l l . HN ST. h INFORMATION CENTRE 3 t S C TAXI CITY arket Street M Shopping Centre r Gregson 6 ey a RANK 19 tor MUSEUM Palatine i S r tute Centre Friends’ i F Inst Bashful Hall Meeting ne Post Alley La ➔ House se Sir Simons Ffrances ➔ ou ➔ H Office Arcade Passage Gage St. Mo ing Lancaster Marketgate t Sulyard or G et e St. a e Chamber of D e ➔ M t t F K e r e t Commerce a e e IN ➔ n . l r t t S t t o 18 S y o G S n n n y S r k S n Shopping Centre l (Long Stay) The Assembly a To Williamson Park, Ashton S e T q t u P Rooms & Market Hall M . r R e E B Memorial & Butterfly House e E t T Parking for Disabled and Cycle contra-flow COMMO ➔ Dallas Road N GARDEN ST. ➔ ¡ BROCK ST. T Pedestrian Access only ➔ N E elson ➔ The Sultan Street . E Eas e St Gallery Town . t R R o iddl t ad H M S T Q ➔ t Hall u t i 15 ern g S m r e o re h Lu e R e cy St. oad r b AshtonAshton W S t M Buses & Taxis o ST PETER’S t Hall S Hall y r A only R e r y G CATHEDRAL e eorge St. e K H n Dallas Road t I George s N n St. d Primary N e Police a Aalborg Lancaster Royal Square R G P School Q l Station ua e Grammar School S U Magistrates rry Register T Ro R M H Court a R arton St. ➔ d o t Office E T a e E d e Parking KEY ➔ r T t Sat. only 1 S n Citizens' WILLIAMSON Main Routes Lancaster e Girls’ e Advice ➔ Adult PARK u R Bureau One Way ➔ Grammar Education e and the Q g School Traffic System e College ASHTON n t MEMORIAL Car Parks S t Lindow Street r showing main e e t entrances ➔ On-street parking P o White Cross r (pay & display t l a Business Centre & residents only) n 7 d ad o S R To Lancaster Pedestrian t fe S r if Leisure Park e cl O areas/paths e ld White t A U Cross and the Trough T of Bowland Toilets H R H O Toilets with (No access to Hospital from A D To Williamson Park, Ashton d wheelchair access canal towpath) a Memorial & Butterfly House* St. Martin’s o and Lancaster Leisure Park ¡ R A&E (Hospital College n visitors) o t Royal Bowerham Road s ©Economic Development & Tourism l Lancaster u Compiled from information supplied by o Lancaster City Council and information Infirmary C obtained locally d Ripley St Thomas oa School R Design: The Drawing Room ton [email protected] Ash To M6 Junction 33 * ¡ ¡ Lancaster University To Glasson Dock Peter Scott Gallery & Nuffield Theatre A6 A588 20 City of Lancaster Street plan and places of interest Williamson Park Lancaster Castle City Museum Judges’ Lodgings Maritime Museum Priory Church St John’s Church St Peter’s Cathedral Penny’s Almshouses Lancaster Canal 1. Williamson Park Ü Limited Q ß Q* 8. Lancaster Tourist Information Centre Q ß 15. St Peter’s Cathedral Q ß Williamson Park, Ashton Memorial Folly and Tropical Official English Tourist Board network information centre Designed by distinguished Lancaster architect, E.G. Paley Butterfly House, Mini-Beasts, Foreign Bird House, offering local and national tourist information. in the style of 1300. ‘A fine inspiring building … Conservation Garden & Exhibition Gallery. Set in 54 acres Accommodation booking service. Gifts & souvenirs. impressively detailed’. Nicolaus Pevsner. of landscaped gardens with breathtaking views. ∫ Summer: Mon – Sat 10 am – 5 pm (Tues. 10–4) ∫ Daily 9.00 am – 6.00 pm (Usual services) ∫ Easter to Oct. daily 10 am – 5 pm Winter: Mon – Sat 10 am – 4 pm ☎ Lancaster (01524) 61860 Nov. to Easter Mon. – Fri. 11 am – 4 pm ☎ Lancaster (01524) 32878 Fax: (01524) 382849 Sat & Sun. 10 am – 4pm 16. Dukes Theatre and Cinema Ü Q Q ß Q *Free to Park. Single charge to Butterfly House, 9. Judges’ Lodgings Museum Much-praised repertory theatre, cinema shows, leading Mini-Beast House and Bird Enclosure Reputedly the City’s oldest town house , includes quality films. Public Bar. ☎ collection of furniture made by Lancaster cabinet makers Lancaster (01524) 33318 ∫ According to performance. Gillow and The Museum of Childhood 2. Lancaster Castle Limited Q ß Q ☎ Lancaster (01524) 598500 ∫ Opening times vary – please telephone for details Owned by Her Majesty the Queen as ‘Duke of Lancaster’. ☎ Lancaster (01524) 32808 Fax: (01524) 846315 17. Grand Theatre Q Tours normally include early dungeons, Shire Hall, Grand In continuous use for 200 years. Guided tours of the Jury Room, Drop Room & Hadrian’s Tower. Ü Q ß Q 10. Maritime Museum * Edwardian interior, haunted by the ghost of actress Sarah ∫ Court Sessions may necessitate changes. Award winning museum in 18th Century riverside Custom Siddons. Frequently changing programme. Tours Daily. 10.30am – 4pm House designed by Richard Gillow, renowned furniture ∫ According to performance. ☎ Lancaster (01524) 64998 maker. ☎ Lancaster (01524) 64695 (Box Office) 3. City Museum Q ß ∫ Easter to end Oct. daily 11 am – 5pm 18. Assembly Rooms & Penny’s Almshouses Fine Georgian Sessions House stylishly showing local life November to Easter, daily 12.30 pm – 4 pm ☎ The Assembly Rooms (now an indoor market) provided from neolithic age to present. Museum of King’s Own Lancaster (01524) 64637 income from social events for the adjacent almshouses Royal Regiment (Lancaster). Changing Exhibitions. *Free to local people, except Easter. which are still in use as private dwellings (1720) named ∫ Mon. – Sat. 10 am – 5 pm Closed Sundays 11. Music Room ☎ after William Penny. Lancaster (01524) 64637 Built around 1735 as a garden house with the finest 19. Storey Institute, Meeting House Lane Q 4. Cottage Museum Q Baroque plaster-work in the North West. Imposing Paley & Austin building. Frequently changing ∫ By Arrangement No. 15 Castle Hill is now a small furnished museum exhibitions and lunchtime lectures. evoking the life of an artisan’s family around 1825. ☎ Lancaster (01524) 60658 ☎ Lancaster (01524) 844133 ∫ Easter to end of September daily 2 pm – 5pm Ü Q ß ☎ 12. Priory & Parish Church of St Mary Lancaster (01524) 64637 Founded in 1094 by Roger de Poitou on the site of earlier 20. The Peter Scott Gallery and Nuffield Theatre, Lancaster University Changing exhibitions and displays; 5. Covell Cross Saxon church and Roman remains. Mostly mediaeval, King’s Own Memorial Chapel built early this century. drama productions and concerts. Marks the site of an ancient cross. Named after Thomas Ruskin Library Lancaster University Q Covell a former owner of the Judges’ Lodgings and Keeper Refectory offering light refreshments.