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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Lancashire

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Lancashire, England

Updated August 18, 2021

Unusual Attractions in Lancashire

Lancashire, England

Holden Wood Antiques

This antique shop and tea room reside inside a twice defunct church that was moved stone by stone to its current location.

Lancashire, England

Cromwell's Bridge

Oliver Cromwell marched his army over this narrow bridge to victory at the Battle of Preston in 1648.

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Preston, England

Wallace and Gromit Statue

Everyone's favorite clay duo immortalized in bronze.

0 miles from Lancashire

Preston, England

Preston Martyrs Memorial

A harrowing sculpture commemorates the four people shot down during the workers strike of 1842.

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Preston, England

Preston Bus Station

Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.

0 miles from Lancashire

Whittingham, England

Whittingham Hospital

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.

4 miles from Lancashire

Lytham, England

Lytham Mussel Tanks

Once upon a time these giant concrete tanks were used by local fishermen to clean their wild-caught mussels.

10 miles from Lancashire

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