Live like a local in Lancaster - Cathy’s recommendations
Arts & Culture
The Storey
Meeting House LaneLovely cafe, occasional exhibititions and music events
Excellent programme of performance, music, comedy, dance & film across the year using 3 spaces - a traditional raked auditorium, a modern & intimate 'in the round' theatre, and converted church.
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The Dukes
Moor LaneExcellent programme of performance, music, comedy, dance & film across the year using 3 spaces - a traditional raked auditorium, a modern & intimate 'in the round' theatre, and converted church.
Get a real feel of Lancaster life and live like a local! Great bar, fab food, music & arts from local & touring performers - a great vibe! Informal folk sessions Tues & Thursdays. Popular with all.
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Gregson Arts & Community Centre
33 - 35 Moor GateGet a real feel of Lancaster life and live like a local! Great bar, fab food, music & arts from local & touring performers - a great vibe! Informal folk sessions Tues & Thursdays. Popular with all.
Maritime Museum
Saint George's QuayGrand Theatre, Lancaster
Saint Leonard's GateSightseeing
Superb! - open for guided tours and atmospheric venue for special events, concerts, and theatre. Courtyard is free entry and pleasant cafe facilities available outdoors in good weather, and indoors.
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Lancaster Cathedral
Balmoral RoadSuperb! - open for guided tours and atmospheric venue for special events, concerts, and theatre. Courtyard is free entry and pleasant cafe facilities available outdoors in good weather, and indoors.
Well loved & well used park in stunning location with views across the city & the bay. You've probably seen its iconic Memorial building on the skyline as you've whizzed past Lancaster on the M6!
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Williamson Park
Quernmore RoadWell loved & well used park in stunning location with views across the city & the bay. You've probably seen its iconic Memorial building on the skyline as you've whizzed past Lancaster on the M6!
Lancaster Civic Society has some great suggestions for walks in and around Lancaster and their guides are full of interesting information. Search online for the guides and see what you can discover about Queen Victoria’s monument 😊
Queen Victoria Memorial, Lancaster
Lancaster Civic Society has some great suggestions for walks in and around Lancaster and their guides are full of interesting information. Search online for the guides and see what you can discover about Queen Victoria’s monument 😊
Food Scene
Great food at this stylish restaurant - reliably good and has some worthwhile early bird/weekday deals. Long established favourite - you're best to book to be sure of getting a table at peak times
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Quite Simply French
27A St George's QuayGreat food at this stylish restaurant - reliably good and has some worthwhile early bird/weekday deals. Long established favourite - you're best to book to be sure of getting a table at peak times
Sweet little cafe with delicious brunches and lunches, superb cakes, and a great range of drinks. Lovely modern bright interior, and a tiny garden at the rear of the building - perfect on sunny afternoons.
Brew
18a Brock StSweet little cafe with delicious brunches and lunches, superb cakes, and a great range of drinks. Lovely modern bright interior, and a tiny garden at the rear of the building - perfect on sunny afternoons.
Lancaster most successful new cafe - they opened to such high demand they moved to a bigger place! Lovely food, nice people.
Journey Social
59-61 King StLancaster most successful new cafe - they opened to such high demand they moved to a bigger place! Lovely food, nice people.
The Quarterhouse
13 Moor LnThe White Cross
Quarry RoadTuck is the place to go for amazing locally sourced ingredients that are lovingly made into breakfasts, brunches and lunches - really delicious food with attention to detail - the food looks good, but tastes even better. There’s the in-house bakery so you can be sure you’re getting super-fresh, slow-prepped bread, pastries and bakes, and there’s even the chance of buying a loaf to take home. Oh, and if masala chai is your thing, you will not find better! Open Wednesday to Sunday, serving from early, to 2pm weekdays, 3pm at weekends.
Tuck
Tuck is the place to go for amazing locally sourced ingredients that are lovingly made into breakfasts, brunches and lunches - really delicious food with attention to detail - the food looks good, but tastes even better. There’s the in-house bakery so you can be sure you’re getting super-fresh, slow-prepped bread, pastries and bakes, and there’s even the chance of buying a loaf to take home. Oh, and if masala chai is your thing, you will not find better! Open Wednesday to Sunday, serving from early, to 2pm weekdays, 3pm at weekends.
Newish to Lancaster and a great place for authentic Arab cuisine - menu and set dishes change regularly so check out their website. Great value and a big welcome from the lovely staff there.
Misso Lounge
Newish to Lancaster and a great place for authentic Arab cuisine - menu and set dishes change regularly so check out their website. Great value and a big welcome from the lovely staff there.
New fine dining from the team behind the super-popular Journey Social
Now or Never (by Journey Social)
New fine dining from the team behind the super-popular Journey Social
Shopping
Right on our doorstep -you may literally wake up & smell the coffee -they roast in house weekly & the aroma can waft up to Nip Hill! Buy fine coffees &teas to enjoy at home, or sample at The Hall.Yum!
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Atkinsons Coffee Roasters
12 China StRight on our doorstep -you may literally wake up & smell the coffee -they roast in house weekly & the aroma can waft up to Nip Hill! Buy fine coffees &teas to enjoy at home, or sample at The Hall.Yum!
Lovely stylish space to view and buy work from local artists (regularly changing exhibits upstairs), designers and crafts people as well as top design gifts and beautiful objects from further afield
Arteria with Gallery 23
23 Brock StLovely stylish space to view and buy work from local artists (regularly changing exhibits upstairs), designers and crafts people as well as top design gifts and beautiful objects from further afield
Lovely small business with beautiful jewellery and a carefully curated collection of women’s clothes and accessories. Helpful and friendly staff are happy to let you browse, or advise - just as you wish
Down To Earth - Lancaster
Lovely small business with beautiful jewellery and a carefully curated collection of women’s clothes and accessories. Helpful and friendly staff are happy to let you browse, or advise - just as you wish
Everything Else
Learn all about local life in and around Lancaster, past & present, through this mix of social, military, and art displays. See permanent collection & visiting exhibitions in a fine Georgian building.
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Lancaster City Museum
Market StreetLearn all about local life in and around Lancaster, past & present, through this mix of social, military, and art displays. See permanent collection & visiting exhibitions in a fine Georgian building.
Lancaster Canal - Glasson Branch
Lovely for a stroll!
Want to walk in the steps of Celia Johnson in the hope for a dashing young man to dab the spek of dirt from your eye? Iconic carnforth Station - and its cafe - is a hop away (well one train stop).
Carnforth Station
Warton RoadWant to walk in the steps of Celia Johnson in the hope for a dashing young man to dab the spek of dirt from your eye? Iconic carnforth Station - and its cafe - is a hop away (well one train stop).
Drinks & Nightlife
Great food, terrific beers and a lively atmosphere in this excellent pub - just a couple of minutes down the hill from our flat!
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The Sun Hotel & Bar
63-65 Church StGreat food, terrific beers and a lively atmosphere in this excellent pub - just a couple of minutes down the hill from our flat!
Popular with ale enthusiasts, this stylish pub has a wide menu of craft beers. Think smart, discerning set, not beer-bellied swiggers!
The Tap House
2 Gage StPopular with ale enthusiasts, this stylish pub has a wide menu of craft beers. Think smart, discerning set, not beer-bellied swiggers!
Very popular year round, this place really comes into its own when the sun is shining & you can sit out by the canal, watching the boats chug by! Famed for fab food, & good beer, there's lots to like!
The Water Witch
Aldcliffe RoadVery popular year round, this place really comes into its own when the sun is shining & you can sit out by the canal, watching the boats chug by! Famed for fab food, & good beer, there's lots to like!
Kanteena
Brewery LaneEssentials
Supermarket - just five to ten minutes walk away (five downhill, empty handed.....longer returning uphill, laden!!)
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Sainsbury's
Cable StreetSupermarket - just five to ten minutes walk away (five downhill, empty handed.....longer returning uphill, laden!!)