Lancaster tourist and travel information

Lancaster Travel Information

Travel Information Lancaster is a city in Lancashire, in the north-west of England. It is a commercial, cultural and educational centre.

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bus and coach travel

Coaches Lancaster - Travel by coach - If you'd like to speak to someone about your journey you can ring Traveline on 0871 200 22 33.

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M6 Motorway

Roads Lancaster - Travel by road - Lancaster is about 3 miles SW of Junction 34 of the M6 Motorway. The M6 Motorway travels north - south and connects to the M1 at Rugby then on to Carlisle. The M6 Toll is north of Walsall and Sutton Coldfield and bypasses the M6 the areas around Birmingham and Wolverhampton. Lancaster is about 65 miles from Carlisle and 160 miles from Rugby.

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Travel by train

Rail Lancaster - Travel by train - Lancaster Station, Meeting House Lane, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 5NW. CCTV. Ticket office. Waiting room. Refreshment facilities. Pay phone. Shops. Toilets. Wheelchair accessible toilets. Whole station step free access. Wheelchairs available. Taxi rank.

Virgin Trains. Tel: 0870 789 1234. www.virgintrains.co.uk

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Airport Blackpool International Airport, Squires Gate Lane, Blackpool, FY4 2QY. Tel: 08700 273 777. Relax in our open plan Departure Lounge with seating for up to 600 passengers, tax and duty free shopping, restaurant and bar. The airport is located at the end of the M55 which links up with the M6, and onwards to the M61, M65. The airport is just minutes from Blackpool town centre. Blackpool airport is about 35 miles from Lancaster.

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Lancaster Tourist Information

Sport

Sport Lancaster - Sport - Lancaster City Football Club, Giant Axe, West Road, Lancaster LA1 5PE. Salt Ayre Swimming Pool, Salt Ayre Sports Centre, Doris Henderson Way, Lancaster LA1 5JS. Lancaster Golf Club & Country Club, Ashton-with-Stodday, Lancaster. Tel; 01524 751247. Lancaster Cricket Club, Lune Road, Lancaster. Tel: 01524 69965.

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Shopping

Stores Lancaster - Shopping - Marks & Spencer, 32 Penny Street, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 1UA. Tel: 01524 64712. British Home Store Lancaster - 7-17 Market Street, Lancashire, LA1 1HZ, Tel: 0845 8410214. Woolworths - 34 Market Street, Lancaster, LA1 1HU. Tel: 01524 843747.

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Entertainment

Entertainment Lancaster - Entertainment and attractions - Regal Cinema Lancaster, Tel: 01524 64141. GRAND THEATRE, Tel; 01524 64695.

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Museum

Other information Lancaster - Other information - City Museum, Tel: 01524 64637 - Cottage Museum + Roman Bath-House, Tel; 01524 64637. Lancaster Maritime Museum, Custom House, St George's Quay, Lancaster LA1 1RB. Tel : 01524 382264. Lancaster Castle, Castle Parade, Lancaster LA1 1JY. Tel: 01524 64998.

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LANCASTER ACCOMMODATION

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Lancashire Map and Attractions

Preston is 222 miles from London. It is 51 miles from Carnforth to Ormskirk and 49 miles from Blackpool to Colne.

Ferries Ferries indicated are Fleetwood and Heysham.

Airports Airport indicated is Blackpool.

RoadsLancaster is about 3 miles SW of Junction 34 of the M6 Motorway.

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Attractions Attractions (see details below)

Rail Stations Rail Stations (Not all stations shown). There is a station in Lancaster.

Local Attractions
Attraction 1 - Haydock Park Racecourse, Newton-Le-Willows WA12 0HQ. Tel: 01942 402624. haydock-park.co.uk.
Attraction 2 - Wigan Pier, Wallgate, Wigan, WN3 4EU. Tel: 01942 323666.
Attraction 3 - Pleasure Beach, Blackpool. Tel: 0870 444 5566. blackpoolpleasurebeach.com.
Attraction 4 - Whalley Abbey, The Sands, Whalley, Clitheroe BB7 9SS - Tel: 01254 828400. whalleyabbey.co.uk.
Attraction 5 - Martin Mere Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Burscough, Ormskirk. Tel: 01704 89518.
Attraction 6 - Samlesbury Hall, Preston New Rd, Samlesbury, Preston PR5 OUP. Tel: 01254 812010

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For hotels in other areas near to Lancaster see Lytham St Annes hotels & Preston hotels.

Lancaster - Local Information. Lancaster Castle 01524 64998 - City Museum 01524 64637 - Cottage Museum + Roman Bath-House 01524 64637 - Grand Theatre 01524 64695 -Maritime Museum 01524 64637 - Lancaster Town Hall 01524 582000 - Regal Cinema Lancaster 01524 64141 - GRAND THEATRE 01524 64695 - Atkinson’s Tea and Coffee Shop 01524 65470 - Ruskin Library 01524 593587

Telephoning Lancaster from abroad - To dial a number in Lancaster from outside the UK: dial the International Access Code of the country you are calling from - follow that by the Country Code for the country you are calling to (44 for the UK) - dial the local area code omitting the initial ‘0’ e.g. for London 020 becomes 20 - dial the phone number of the person you want to call in Lancaster

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