Lancaster
Properties and events in Lancaster
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AudaTours Lancaster Audio Tour: Wages, Warrants and Warehouses
A self-guided audio tour of Lancaster, exploring the warehouse clerks, mill workers, dock hands and prison warders of the city.
Behind the Green Door: Ordinary Lives at 15 Castle Hill, Lancaster
At 15 Castle Hill you will find the charming 17th-century Cottage Museum. Many ordinary people have lived in this extraordinary building over the centuries. Come and discover who they were and what makes this tiny building so uniquely special.
Borwick Hall
Steeped in history, myth and legend don’t miss this rare opportunity to visit a grade 1 listed building for free, usually closed to the public!
Carnforth Library Exhibition and ‘Behind the Scenes’ Tour
Explore this 90-year-old building through exhibitions and a guided tour
Christ Church, Lancaster
Christ Church is a beautiful Grade II listed building, with stunning views across the Bay and beautiful stained glass windows. Having been a Chapel for the Lancaster Workhouse, it remains a place for worship loved by many in and beyond the parish.
Emerging Profession & Workforce Education
Visit the former kitchen garden in The Storey Gardens and imagine being employed as a gardener there in the 1890s. Enter The Storey, opened 1891 to provide technical education for working people and promote knowledge for the benefit of the community.
Georgian Garden to 20th Century Artwork
Talk and tour of Lancaster’s Storey Gardens, with Blue Badge Guide Gregory Wright. Find out how a Georgian family garden changed over time and went on to become home to a unique artwork by Mark Dion, and its role today as a free public green space.
Lancashire Police Museum & the Detective quiz
Opening specially on Saturday 19 September for Heritage Open Day. We have a new and free quiz for budding detectives out there.
Lancaster Castle
Free guided tours of Lancaster Castle. These will visit some areas of the former prison, the historic courtrooms, the Old Cells, Hadrian's Tower and The Drop Room.
Lancaster Priory
The Mother Church of the City of Lancaster, Lancaster Priory is a Grade I listed building, located on a site which has seen Christian worship since Saxon times. It is of huge historical and archaeological importance.
Lancaster Quaker Meeting House
Quakers first worshipped in Lancaster in 1652 at first in each others homes until a Meeting House was built. Our present building is one of the oldest in Lancaster surrounded by a burial ground.
Lancaster Time Travel Tours: Roman Tour
Explore the historic city of Lancaster with a historical character from the past! Experience an interactive, whistle-stop tour for the whole family, time-travelling through two thousand years of history in just sixty minutes.
Lancaster Time Travel Tours: Tudor Tour
Explore the historic city of Lancaster with a historical character from the past! Experience an interactive, whistle-stop tour for the whole family, time-travelling through two thousand years of history in just sixty minutes.
Lancaster Time Travel Tours: Victorian Tour
Explore the historic city of Lancaster with a historical character from the past! Experience an interactive, whistle-stop tour for the whole family, time-travelling through two thousand years of history in just sixty minutes.
Lancaster Time Travel Tours: Vikings Tour
Explore the historic city of Lancaster with a historical character from the past! Experience an interactive, whistle-stop tour for the whole family, time-travelling through two thousand years of history in just sixty minutes.
Life of the Theatre: Look Inside
Step behind the scenes of Lancaster's historic Grand Theatre and discover the stories, people, and traditions that have shaped over two centuries of theatre-making.
Luneside Studios Open Weekend
Visit Luneside Artists Studios. Meet the artists, view our group exhibition, explore studio spaces and see work in progress. This will be an opportunity to learn about the history of the studios and see the wide range of visual art on show.
Soap, Suds and Servant Secrets at Judges Lodgings Museum
Step into the past for a stroll around Lancaster's oldest town house with our special Washing Day. Drop by our historic courtyard to look behind the scenes at servant life and hear some hidden secrets. Don't forget our famous Pop Up Tea Room!
St John's Church Ellel near Lancaster
Spend an afternoon looking around a hidden gem of a country church in the depths of rural Lancashire. Whilst not the oldest parish Church in the area, St Johns is full of history, as you will see!
St Peter’s Church. Quernmore. Lancaster
An opportunity to visit our small Church which has been part of the Quernmore Valley Community since 1860. We have an eclectic but wonderful mix of stained glass windows and we wish to share our beautiful surroundings & connection with our community.