Lancashire

Walk in the scenic countryside areas listed above. There are extensive public footpaths.

Visit the lively resort of Blackpool, or the quieter one Morecambe.

Visit the elegant and charming west coast resort of Southport with its gentle pavement cafes and upmarket shopping areas, backing onto the miles of beach and neighbouring nature reserves. If golf is your thing this place is a must.Across the Ribble estuary on the Fylde Coast lies the coastal up-market twin towns of Lytham and St. Annes. An ideal gentle place to stay avoiding the hustle and bustle of neighbouring Blackpool. Drive a few miles up the coast or take a vintage tram to the small town of Thornton Cleveleys with its new twenty million pound promenade and bustling shopping streets boasting every type of shop a must for the more mature visitor.Continue into the old fishing town of Fleetwood with its pleasant seafront golf course, boating lakes, Freeport shopping centre and marina. You can also take a seagoing ferry to Northern Ireland from here or the little ferry taking the short trip across the Wyre estuary to Knott End.