Holiday Cottages Lancashire

Here's what you can see and do when staying at one of our Lancashire cottages.

Cottages in Lancashire provide the perfect base for discovering the wide range of attractions this county has to offer. It is probably best known for the seaside resort of Blackpool and the cities of Manchester and Liverpool. These great cities have seen a renaissance in the last few years and are shedding their images of dark, northern English industrial cities by focussing on culture, shopping and sport. The regeneration is grounded in the history of the respective cities. With its maritime past, the focus of the renewal in Liverpool has been the redevelopment of Albert Dock, home to several museums including the Tate and The Beatles Story. Manchester has revitalised an area of former dockland at the end of the Manchester Ship Canal and just a short distance from the city centre. Salford Quays is home to The Lowry, a spectacular arts complex and the largest collection of paintings by LS Lowry, plus the Imperial War Museum North. Blackpool is synonymous with English seaside holidays and although you can still enjoy a nostalgic visit complete with donkey ride, fish and chips and a stroll along the promenade, the resort has moved onto cater for the demands of the 21st century holidaymaker.

In complete contrast, from our cottages Lancashire and its rural attractions can be discovered by, for example, following the Ribble Valley upstream through rolling countryside past cosy market towns like Clitheroe to the less well-known western Pennines. A popular activity for those staying at holiday cottages in Lancashire is walking, and the misleadingly named Forest of Bowland is excellent walking country. 'Forest' is used in its traditional sense of a royal hunting ground, when in fact this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is mainly open moorland and small valleys dotted with farms. Visitors are now beginning to be drawn to this stunning location where a network of paths cross ancient moorland and the Bowland Fells where dramatic scenery and waterfalls are discovered. Slaidburn, in the heart of the Forest of Bowland is a picturesque Bowland village with attractive greystone Lancashire cottages.

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