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Cleveleys Cottage Exhibition Walk

Cleveleys Avenue, Cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 2BL

  • Multiple dates available
  • In person
  • Pre-booking required

A walking tour of the 42 homes built as part of the “World’s First Ideal Home Exhibition in 1906”.

Explore the site of Mr Thomas Gallon Lumb’s experimental Cottage Exhibition that showed the cutting edge of house building technology over 100 years ago. See what survives of that early experience.

Timings & Tours

Thursday 18 September:
Tour 1200
Friday 19 September:
Tour 1200

Location & directions

Cleveleys Avenue, Cleveleys, Lancashire, FY5 2BL

Directions:
Tour starts on the corner of Cleveleys Avenue and West Drive.
Contact on day:
David Evans
Telephone number:
+447970663904

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:
Pre-booking required
Booking conditions:
Bookings for this event will NOT open until Wednesday 20th August at 10am. Please do not try to book before then. This event is run by Hidden History Tours, but the team at Showtown are managing bookings on their behalf. Book online through the Showtown website on or after Wednesday 20th August at 10am. Alternatively, phone bookings will be taken by staff at the Showtown History Centre during their midweek opening hours, which are: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 10am-4pm.
Booking telephone number:
+441253478090
Booking website:
https://www.showtownblackpool.co.uk/
Booking opens:
20 Aug 2025 10:00 AM

Accessibility details

Fairly flat pavement walk with dropped kerbs.

Additional information

Max no of people per tour:
25
Est. tour duration:
1 hour(s) 0 minute(s)

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