Looking for the ideal day trip for you and the fam? Leyland in Lancashire is a jewel in the north. Sometimes nicknamed Leyland in Preston, Leyland in Lancashire is a gem of South Ribble. Formerly a famous cotton and coal town, Leyland is one of the many Lancashire industrial settlements which powered growth in the…
Colne The Lancashire town that’s nowhere near the Colne Valley. Here at Five Minutes Spare, we take great delight in summarising the best places to visit in Britain. Colne is next on our list and presents a worthwhile adversary. While the Colne Water is not the River Colne, and the Colne Valley is far farther…
Ribble Valley’s finest tourist base for exploring the Lancashire countryside. Looking for your new favourite family holiday destination? Clitheroe, up in Lancashire, is the place that long-lasting memories are made of. With a population just shy of 20,000 people, this lovely town is large enough to cater to all your holiday needs, yet still small…
Fleetwood is a bustling town on the corner of The Fylde, on the east coast of England and somewhere in Lancashire. Although it officially became a bustling town in the Industrial Era, there’s a fair amount of history that went into the making of the place before then. Today we will try to give you…
Chorley In Lancashire: in Less than Five Minutes! Ever wondered what it’s like to visit Chorley? Wonder no more, with the Five Minutes Spare Tour. Set in lovely Lancashire, the market town of Chorley is a great place to visit and a pretty nice area to live in too. They have a great little theatre…
Accrington the internationally renowned purveyor of incredibly dense bricks. Seriously the famed Accrington Brick is iron-hard and has been used as the foundation of landmark buildings as famous and diverse as the Empire State Building in New York and Blackpool Tower! However, that’s not all the town has to offer and it is somewhere deserving…
Craig Taylor