Lancaster is a City in the county of Lancashire.
Lancaster is in northwest England. It has a medieval castle, 19th-century prison cells, and views of the River Lune. The city museum features displays on Lancaster’s history and its army regiment in a Georgian building. Williamson Park has woodland walks, a butterfly house ,and coastal views. The waterfront has the Storyhouse, an arts center with galleries and theaters, plus bars and restaurants overlooking Morecambe Bay.
The History of Lancaster
The history of Lancaster dates back to Roman times, when a Roman fort was built near the present site of Lancaster Castle. Since then, Lancaster has been at the center of England’s history.
There are great places to visit near Lancaster including some great towns, villages, parks, waterfalls, woodlands, rivers and streams, old mines, ruins, historic buildings, ancient sites, historic monuments, hiking areas, hills, round cairns, lakes, bluebell woods, geological features, gardens, country parks, nature reserves, historic sites, canals, roman sites, museums, caves, limestone pavements, sssis, beaches, attractions, shopping centres, cities and castles.
The area around Lancaster boasts some of the best towns including Darwen, Chorley, Leyland, Nelson, Blackburn, Burnley, and Blackpool.
There are a number of villages near Lancaster including Ryal Fold, Tockholes, Brinscall, White Coppice, Heath Charnock, Higher Wheelton, and Ribchester.
Bold Venture Park, Sunnyhurst Wood, Astley Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, and Ball Grove Park are some of Lancaster best parks to visit near Lancaster.
There are a number of waterfalls near Lancaster including Bold Venture Waterfall, Sunnyhurst Waterfalls, Hatch Brook Waterfall, Holts Flat Waterfall, Lead Mines Clough Waterfall, Sheep Pen Waterfall, and Old Brooks Waterfall.
Sunnyhurst Wood, Wheelton Plantation, High Bullough Wood, Back Plantation, Spen Wood, Duxbury Woods, and Longworth Clough are great places to visit near Lancaster if you like woodlands.
Lancaster has some unmissable rivers and streams nearby like Sunnyhurst Brook, Hatch Brook, Dean Black Brook, Eller Brook, River Yarrow at Duxbury Woods, Ease Gill, and River Roddlesworth.
Don't miss Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Lead Mines Clough Lead Mines, Coppice Stile Lead Mine Trial, White Coppice Lead Mine, Duxbury Park Colliery (ruin), Ellerbeck Collieries (ruin), and Sykes Mine's old mines if visiting the area around Lancaster.
Don't miss Old Lyons Colliery (ruin), Higher Pasture Barn (ruin), Ripping (ruin), Wheelton Plantation, Blackhurst (ruin), Heatherlea (ruin), and Shop Fold (ruin)'s ruins if visiting the area around Lancaster.
The area around Lancaster features a number of interesting historic buildings including Church of Saint Stephen at Tockholes, Astley Hall, Chorley Lodge, Belmont Paper Mills (Derelict), Blacko Tower, The Wishing Well at Hollinshead Hall, and Hoghton Tower.
There are a several good ancient sites in the Lancaster area like Church of Saint Stephen at Tockholes, The Quernmore Burial, Standing Stones Hill, Pikestones Chambered Long Cairn, Jepsons Gate Cairn, Black Coppice Chambered Cairn, and Dog Holes Cave.
Jubilee Tower, Bevis and the Ruined Summerhouse, and Cromwell's Bridge are great places to visit near Lancaster if you like historic monuments.
Lancaster's best nearby hiking areas can be found at Anglezarke, Lead Mines Clough, High Bullough Wood, Stronstrey Bank, Lister Mill Quarry, Great Hill, and White Coppice.
Standing Stones Hill, Great Hill, Healey Nab, Spitlers Edge, Will Narr, Warton Crag, and Parlick are great places to visit near Lancaster if you like hills.
Jepsons Gate Cairn is one of Lancaster's best, nearby round cairns to visit in Lancaster.
High Bullough Reservoir, Anglezarke Reservoir, White Coppice Mill Pond, Big Lodge Water, Top Lodge, The Blue Lagoon, and Lower Ogden Reservoir are great places to visit near Lancaster if you like lakes.
High Bullough Wood, Duxbury Woods, Hill Top Wood, Warton Crag, and Roddlesworth Woods are great places to visit near Lancaster if you like bluebell woods.
Don't miss Stronstrey Bank, White Coppice Quarry, Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement, Sykes Mine, and The Great Stone of Fourstones's geological features if visiting the area around Lancaster.
There are a number of gardens near Lancaster including The Evaders' Garden, Astley Walled Garden, and Hoghton Tower.
Lancaster has some unmissable country parks nearby like Yarrow Valley Country Park, Worden Park, Cuerden Valley Country Park, Witton Country Park, Beacon Fell, Langroyd Country Park, and Wyre Estuary Country Park.
Don't miss Top Lodge, Longworth Clough, Leighton Moss, Brockholes Nature Reserve, Ball Grove Park, Upper Ball Grove Lodge, and Mere Sands Wood's nature reserves if visiting the area around Lancaster.
The area around Lancaster's best historic sites can be found at Black Coppice Mill Stone Factory.
Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Heath Charnock, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Higher Wheelton, Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Summit to Wigan Section, Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Adlington, Lancaster Canal at Bolton-le-Sands, and Leeds and Liverpool Canal - Rufford Branch are great places to visit near Lancaster if you like canals.
There are a number of roman sites near Lancaster including Ribchester Roman Bath House, and Ribchester Roman Museum.
Ribchester Roman Museum, The British Commercial Vehicle Museum, and Harris Museum - Art Gallery and Library Preston are great places to visit near Lancaster if you like museums.
Lancaster has some unmissable caves nearby like Dog Holes Cave, Fairy Hole, and County Pot.
Warton Crag and Grisedale Wood Limestone Pavement is one of Lancaster's best, nearby limestone pavements to visit in Lancaster.
Warton Crag S.S.S.I, and West Pennine Moors are some of Lancaster best sssis to visit near Lancaster.
Blackpool, Half Moon Bay, The Shore (Bolton-le-Sands), and Hest Bank Wharf are great places to visit near Lancaster if you like beaches.
The area around Lancaster boasts some of the best attractions including Madame Tussauds Blackpool, The Big One, and Blackpool Pleasure Beach.
Don't miss The Concourse Shopping Centre's shopping centres if visiting the area around Lancaster.
Lancaster's best nearby cities can be found at Preston, and Lancaster.
The area around Lancaster's best castles can be found at Clitheroe Castle.
Lancaster History
There are some historic monuments around Lancaster:
Areas of Lancaster
Like most towns and cities Lancaster is comprised of a number of areas, once separate villages or small towns and parishes now part of Lancaster.
Many of the areas of Lancaster have their own character and places of interest.
Places to see near Lancaster
History of Lancaster
Roman baths were discovered in 1812 and can be seen near the junction of Bridge Lane and Church Street. There was presumably a bath-house belonging to the 4th-century fort. The Roman baths incorporated a reused inscription of the Gallic Emperor Postumus, dating from AD 262-266. The 3rd-century fort was garrisoned by the ala Sebosiana and the numerus Barcariorum Tigrisiensium. The ancient Wery Wall was identified in 1950 as the north wall of the 4th-century fort, which constituted a drastic remodelling of the 3rd-century one, while retaining the same orientation. Exceptionally the later fort is the only example in north-west Britain of a 4th-century type, with massive curtain-wall and projecting bastions typical of the Saxon Shore or in Wales. The extension of this technique as far north as Lancaster shows that the coast between Cumberland and North Wales was not left defenceless after the attacks on the west coast and the disaster in the Carausian Revolt of AD 296, following on from those under Albinus in AD 197. The fort underwent a few more extensions, and at its largest area it was 9-10 acres (4-4 ha). The evidence suggests that the fort remained active up to the end of Roman occupation of Britain in the early 5th century.
Lakes near Lancaster
Canals near Lancaster
Rivers near Lancaster
Shopping in Lancaster
St Nicholas Arcades Stonewell, Knight's Bridge Apartments
St Nicholas Arcades mall
Arndale Centre Anderton Street, Poulton-le-Sands
Arndale Centre mall
Lancaster Retail Park Heaton-with-Oxcliffe, Lancaster
Lancaster Retail Park retail park
Central Drive Retail Park Morecambe, Heysham
Central Drive Retail Park retail park
Kingsway Retail Park Bulk, Lancaster
Kingsway Retail Park retail park
Parliament Street Retail Park Bulk, Lancaster
Parliament Street Retail Park retail park
Auction Mart Bowerham, Lancaster
Auction Mart retail park
Lancaster Leisure Park Bowerham, Lancaster
Lancaster Leisure Park retail park
Kings Arcade Greaves, Aldcliffe
Kings Arcade retail park
Spar 81-83, Scale Hall Lane
Spar supermarket
Sainsbury's Cable Street, Castle and Priory Precinct
Sainsbury's supermarket
Asda Ovangle Road, Heaton-with-Oxcliffe
Asda supermarket
Morrisons Hilmore Way, Central Drive Retail Park
Morrisons supermarket
Aldi Morecambe Road, Scale Hall
Aldi supermarket
Sainsbury's Lancaster Road, Great Wood
Sainsbury's supermarket
The Co-operative Food Clarendon Road West, West End
The Co-operative Food supermarket
Lidl Kingsway, Castle and Priory Precinct
Lidl supermarket
Aldi Marine Road West, West End
Aldi supermarket
Booths Hala Road, Hala
Booths supermarket
Lidl Westgate, Great Wood
Lidl supermarket
ALDI 48, Aldcliffe Road
ALDI supermarket
Asda Lancaster Road, Poulton-le-Sands
Asda supermarket
Spar 146-148, Greaves Road
Spar supermarket
Spar 79, Slyne Road
Spar supermarket
