Lancaster Priory
Sarah Gaffney-Lang, Families Editor
Lancaster Priory Church is a vibrant, open and inclusive church at the heart of Lancaster. Music, education and community are at the heart of their mission.
Lancaster Priory Church is a vibrant, open and inclusive church at the heart of Lancaster. Music, education and community are at the heart of their mission.
Lancaster Music Festival is a showstopper. Over 50 Venues, 300 acts and 400 performances in urban settings across the historic city of Lancaster.
free entryFestival of light and art Light Up Lancaster returns to the city with installations, projections, performance and fireworks illuminating the city’s historic buildings, charming streets and hidden squares.
free entryLela Harris brings to light the forgotten histories of Black Lancastrians through a series of beautiful portraits at the Judges’ Lodgings.
from £2.00Brand new this year, The Bay International Film Festival is set to delight movie buffs from Morecambe and beyond.
from £5.00Morecambe Poetry Festival is back for a second year, welcoming household names including Brian Bilston, Carol Ann Duffy and Roger McGough.
from £65.00Join a team of expert guides to walk across the iconic but often dangerous sand flats at Morecambe Bay.
from £10.00Watch the stars under the stars at Blackpool’s Stanley Park this September.
from £15.50Signalling a new direction for Abbot Hall, this major solo exhibition will include thirty years of work by renowned landscape artist Julie Brook.
£9.00Formerly a debtor’s prison, Lancaster Castle is not only a tourist attraction in its own right, it also plays host to a most unusual pop-up club.
Lancaster Castle’s origins date back almost 1,000 years. This Grade 1 Listed Building occupies a city-centre hilltop location on the site of three successive Roman forts.
Right in the heart of Lancaster, this contemporary cottage with one bedroom and a double sofa bed, a huge copper bath and a wood burner is situated in a peaceful walled oasis.
The Music Room from Atkinsons Coffee Roasters is a cafe situated on a Grade II listed Georgian pavilion with sun trap outside seating.
Sitting in the heart of Lancaster is the Lancaster Library. When not serving its usual function, this beautiful space is occasionally transformed into an unlikely gig venue.
Multi-purpose venue comprising an auditorium and lecture theatre, gallery space, café bar, Visitor Information Centre, hireable meeting rooms and conference/events spaces and private offices.
The Judges’ Lodgings, is the oldest town house in Lancaster located between Church Street and Castle Hill, Lancaster. Until recently it was operating as a museum but is currently closed to the public and can only be viewed from the outside or as part of school groups.
Quite Simply French is an award-winning restaurant selling French classics including frogs legs, snails, charcuterie and steak in Lancaster.
Filbert’s bakery is a family owned bakery that provides delicious fresh bread every morning along with breakfast goods, cakes and savouries.
The Stonewell Tap is a lively craft beer bar on Church Street, Lancaster, which boasts 16 craft beer taps and 4 real hand-pulled ale pumps.
The Storey Garden is a hidden garden in the centre of Lancaster. The garden was created in 1998 by a dedicated team of gardeners, craftspeople, builders and artists.
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