Want to know more about this Lancashire Jewel? It turns out that there is more to this town than gingerbread. Ormskirk is a fascinating Lancashire town. It’s fascinating because of the records of how the townsfolk lived in the last few hundred years are detailed. Ormskirk is famous for gingerbread, but it has a longer…
Found on the coastal plains of Fylde, Poulton is a seaside town set in an area of the coast famous for both wrecking ships and sunbathing. It has windmills, a proximity to a certain Pleasure Beach, and attracts thousands of tourists each year for the sun, sea, and the view out towards Ireland. This is…
Nelson is one of the Lancashire towns that surrounds the famous Pendle Hill. This region of England has a long industrial heritage, having grown exponentially due to coal mining, stone quarrying, cotton spinning, and other such 18/19th-century work. Nelson takes a slightly different approach to its industrial heritage. This town is famous for jelly babies and…
This market town could be the perfect place to take your family for a day trip, town break, or long weekend. Here’s what you need to know before you visit. Darwen is a lovely market town in Lancashire, best known as a textile manufacturing town during the industrial era. The town has a population of…
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…
Craig Taylor