Category: lancashire

News, posts and releases on Lancashire in the North West of England.

Lancashire – are you ready for Tour de France?

Lancashire County Council is advising people to plan ahead if they want to watch the Tour de France, or travel nearby, when the race begins in Yorkshire in under two weeks’ time. The first two stages of the world’s biggest cycle race will take place in the Pennine areas close to the Lancashire-Yorkshire border on Saturday …

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Blackpool’s Test drive course returns for the summer

Blackpool’s ever popular “Test Drive” pre-driving course is back and better than ever this summer. With anyone aged 16 and above welcome and no provisional licence needed, the one day courses have, for many years, helped to give new drivers the perfect start as they prepare to start learning. The day consists of two hours …

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Blackpool gets off to a flying start in 2014

Blackpool’s tourism season has got off to a flying start with over three million adult visits between January and April – 600,000 higher than in the same period in 2013. The independent, UK-wide Omnibus survey has revealed that the resort saw year-on year growth across all four months, with April (which included Easter) recording the …

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