• Trails & Guided Walks

    There is no better way to explore an area than on a walking tour, take a guided tour with an experienced and knowledgeable tour guide or do your own thing and download one of our many walks.

    Go to the Trails & Guided Walks page

  • Family Days Out

    Want something exciting and interesting to keep the whole family happy, we have selected a number of places that are ideal for a family day out, entertaining, educational and always with a café for a pit stop.

    Go to the Family Days Out page

  • Attractions

    Discover our industrial past at a variety of places throughout the Northwest. With craftsand exhibitions for everyone including the current bespoke staircase event?

    Go to the Attractions page

Where steam power meets breathtaking scenery

Things To Do

Harris Museum and Art Gallery

Harris Museum and Art Gallery

Go beyond the grand exterior of the Harris Museum in Preston’s city centre and you’ll be rewarded by a delightful mixture of...

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Hello Sailor! Gay life on the ocean wave

Hello Sailor! Gay life on the ocean wave

This small exhibition takes a light hearted, sensitive look at life on board passenger and merchant ships at a time when...

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Where to Stay

The Old Shippon at Mellor

The Old Shippon at Mellor

A superior Shippon conversion with four excecutive mews cottages. Providing contemporary living within a building of history...