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Home - United Kindom ArticlesLancashireAstley Hall Astley Hall dates back to Elizabethan times and much of the timber framing of this period survives. As you move around the furnished rooms you will notice that the house has retained a lived in feel, highlights include a 27 feet long table in the long gallery and decorative plaster ceilings among the best in the country. Bancroft Mill Engine Steam Museum 600hp Textile mill engine run in steam. Rope drive, hand fired boilers, weaving demonstrations on Lancashire looms. Textile related displays. Museum shop, tearoom, toilets, and disabled friendly. Bentham Pottery Learn to throw a pot on one of our ½ day or full day pottery courses. We also run courses for children (one hour upwards). Bentham Pottery produces hand thrown domestic pottery and individual one-offs. Blackburn Rovers Football Club Experience Blackburn Rovers ground tours. Visit behind the scenes at Ewood Park, see our traditional boardroom and hospitality suites, and then see the players’ dressing room. Blackpool Grand Theatre Welcome to the Blackpool Grand Theatre – one of the North West’s most important historical landmark buildings and dubbed “the prettiest theatre in the Kingdom”. Blackpool Tower Blackpool’s most famous landmark is packed full with spectacular shows and entertainment for all the family - take the Tower Top Ride and test your nerve on the terrifying Walk of Faith…explore the Undersea World and journey back to the Dinosaur Ride…let the kids loose in Jungle Jim’s Adventure Playground…have a terrific time at the Tower Circus, or dance the night away in the world famous Tower Ballroom. Camelot Theme Park The Magical Kingdom of Camelot is filled with wondrous rides, spectacular shows and spellbinding attractions! There’s everything from a spinning roller coaster to a friendly animal farm. Hoghton Tower Ancestral home of the De Hoghton family since William the Conqueror. Built on its hill 650ft above sea level. See the magnificent banqueting hall where King James I in 1617 knighted the Loin of Beef ‘Sirloin’ and where William Shakespeare started his working life (1580s). Horses & Ponies Protection Association One of the oldest and most respected charities for equine welfare, we have 2 rescue centres, one in Burnley, Lancashire and one in Chepstow, Gwent. We have over 70 equines at each rescue centre and over 700 out on loan. Leighton Hall Award winning Leighton Hall is the lived-in house of the famous furniture making Gillow dynasty. A visit to Leighton is an opportunity to unravel the fascinating past of this ancient, Lancashire family, to wander through the spectacular grounds and pretty gardens and to witness breathtaking displays from trained birds of prey. Louis Tussauds Waxworks We have five floors packed with over 150 waxwork figures from stage and screen rock and pop, sporting heroes and historical figures. Louis Tussauds Waxworks is a unique experience for the whole family.. Megazone Looking for something that’s fun, different, suitable for all ages from 5 to 55 whatever the weather? Look no further – Megazone is the ultimate laser adventure. Meols Hall Manor House Meols Hall, Southport’s Historical Manor House has been in the Hesketh family for 27 generations, and is still a privately owned home. Meols Hall offers guided tours of the house and traditional afternoon teas are available in the 400 year old Tithe Barn for group bookings only. |