Lancashire has five cities: 🔹 Lancaster (1937) 🔸 Liverpool (1880) 🔹 Manchester (1853) 🔸 Preston (2002) 🔹 Salford (1926) 🇬🇧 #HistoricCounties | #RealCounties 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Huge, open acres of golden sand front against a traditional Victorian seaside seafront at St Annes on Sea. It’s a lovely place to enjoy a stroll, look around the gardens, and take in the seaside vibe. #Lancashire

Pitch your deckchair and windbreak for a traditional day on the sands at St Anne’s on Sea. With buckets and spades and kites, all the family can enjoy an affordable and fun time making memories. #Lancashire

Littleborough is a mill town in the upper Roch Valley by the foothills of the Pennines. The rural uplands of Blackstone Edge are to the east. The town is three miles north-east of Rochdale and 12½ miles north of Manchester, within the Salford Hundred. #Lancashire

Butts Mill is a Grade II listed building in Leigh. It was built in 1905 by Stott and Sons of Oldham. This cotton spinning mill was originally designed as a double mill and has one wall unfinished, as the mirror half of the mill was never built. #Lancashire

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King is a dramatic icon of faith, architecture, and human endeavour. An awe-inspiring landmark on the Liverpool skyline, it is always worth a visit. It is the largest Catholic cathedral in England. #Lancashire

Blackpool Pleasure Beach is an amusement park on Blackpool's South Shore. The park was founded in 1896 by A. W. G. Bean and his partner John Outhwaite. #Lancashire

Sir Frederick Gibberd’s radical Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral has been upgraded to Grade I listed by Historic England. 👏 A bold landmark of modern faith and design, now recognised at the highest level. #Lancashire

“Lancashire: the County Palatine”, our latest video OUT NOW! *For a sharper picture, check it out on our YouTube channel: YouTube.com/@RealCounties Friends of Real Lancashire Marketing Lancashire Lancashire Telegraph Lancashire Museums Lancashire Post BBC Lancashire Pictures of Lancashire

Devastating news from #StHelens as TheWorldofGlass is set to permanently close after 25 years in the town. 😢 Strange that neither @StHelensStar nor @StHelensReport have yet reported this… 🤔 BBC North West Lancashire Museums

By what name is the 2,364ft County Top of Lancashire known? 🏔️🤔 #Lancashire

A crowd funder has begun to try to save @TheWorldOfGlass in #StHelens. They are trying to raise £50k, which doesn't seem enough to save such a facility on the brink of closure. However, we wish them well and are happy to link to the crowdfunding page: crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-wor…

Out of the 6,962 accounts following us, we often wonder how many of you actually exist. Say hi if you see this!👀 #Lancashire

The Preston England Temple is home to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Located 10 miles south of Preston and opening in 1998, it was the second Morman Temple in Great Britain. #Lancashire

Happy Vicennial to our 100 #ironmen on #CrosbyBeach, #Anotherplace is inspirational and has bagged me a number of completion wins and national recognition, many thank to @AntonyGormley

St Annes Old Links is a 6907 yard, Par 72 Championship Links course. Founded in 1901 it is one of the fine championship courses of Lancashire’s coast. The Old Links is regularly voted in the Top 100 courses in England.

🏰 Warrington’s Forgotten Giant… Did you know that Warrington once had the largest motte-and-bailey castle in Lancashire? Built by the Normans after 1066, it had a massive earth mound (motte) topped with wooden keep, and walled courtyard (bailey) full of soldiers and supplies.