Guidebook for Lancaster

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Guidebook for Lancaster

Food Scene

Nice modern restaurant beside the Glasson branch of the Lancaster Canal. Great food & an old but modernised mill. Play area & relaxed location. 10 minutes walk or lessthan 5 minutes drive.
6 recommandé par les habitants
The Mill at Conder Green
Thurnham Mill Lane
6 recommandé par les habitants
Nice modern restaurant beside the Glasson branch of the Lancaster Canal. Great food & an old but modernised mill. Play area & relaxed location. 10 minutes walk or lessthan 5 minutes drive.
Lovely old pub offering a genuine pub atmosphere plus dining area & beer garden. 2 minutes walk.
The Stork Inn
Corricks Lane
Lovely old pub offering a genuine pub atmosphere plus dining area & beer garden. 2 minutes walk.

Drinks & Nightlife

Lovely location beside the canal and right at the start of the city. Great range of beers & good food. Canalside seating offers a great ambience on summer afternoons & evenings.
The Water Witch
Aldcliffe Road
Lovely location beside the canal and right at the start of the city. Great range of beers & good food. Canalside seating offers a great ambience on summer afternoons & evenings.

Sightseeing

This traffic free cycle/walking path runs from Glasson Dock to Lancaster (5miles) and is as scenic a track as any in the UK, offering extensive views over the salt marshes and the river lune as it makes it's way toward the estuary. It forms the start or finish to the Bay Cycle Way which travels from/to Walney Island beyond Barrow in Furness.
Lune Estuary Footpath
Lune Estuary Footpath
This traffic free cycle/walking path runs from Glasson Dock to Lancaster (5miles) and is as scenic a track as any in the UK, offering extensive views over the salt marshes and the river lune as it makes it's way toward the estuary. It forms the start or finish to the Bay Cycle Way which travels from/to Walney Island beyond Barrow in Furness.

Parks & Nature

Beautiful park with the iconic Williamson Memorial as it's focal point. Green grassy areas mixed with quiet woodland and great views over Morecambe Bay toward the Lake District fells. Butterfly house within the park. Parkrun (free 5k run) every Saturday.
36 recommandé par les habitants
Williamson Park
Quernmore Road
36 recommandé par les habitants
Beautiful park with the iconic Williamson Memorial as it's focal point. Green grassy areas mixed with quiet woodland and great views over Morecambe Bay toward the Lake District fells. Butterfly house within the park. Parkrun (free 5k run) every Saturday.

Arts & Culture

Lancaster has plenty of historic buildings notably the castle & it's surrounds, the old quayside and town hall. The shopping area is mostly pedestrianised & offers a good array of shops. There's a great varied selection of pubs around the town centre.
79 recommandé par les habitants
Lancaster
79 recommandé par les habitants
Lancaster has plenty of historic buildings notably the castle & it's surrounds, the old quayside and town hall. The shopping area is mostly pedestrianised & offers a good array of shops. There's a great varied selection of pubs around the town centre.

Shopping

More than a garden centre it offers 2 superb restaurants, a great selction of gifts & a large range of plants. There are plans to add a cinema & bowling alley in the near future.
17 recommandé par les habitants
Barton Grange Garden Centre
Garstang Road
17 recommandé par les habitants
More than a garden centre it offers 2 superb restaurants, a great selction of gifts & a large range of plants. There are plans to add a cinema & bowling alley in the near future.

Essentials

Booths, Lancaster
Hala Road
Nice market town offering a nice range of shops, pubs, cafes with a pleasant ambience. Only a 15 minute drive away.
18 recommandé par les habitants
Garstang
18 recommandé par les habitants
Nice market town offering a nice range of shops, pubs, cafes with a pleasant ambience. Only a 15 minute drive away.