Lancaster
Properties and events in Lancaster
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Assembly Arts - Open Artists Studios in Lancaster's Historic Assembly Rooms
Come and meet the resident artists at Assembly Arts in the their studios housed in the beautiful and historic Georgian Assembly Rooms on Lancaster's King Street. There will be an opportunity to tour the building and see our latest art exhibition.
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.
Behind the Scenes Tours at Judges Lodgings Museum
Uncover some hidden secrets on a behind-the-scenes tour around Lancaster's oldest town house.
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.
Everyday Histories Exhibition: 50 years of Voices
Exhibition showcasing the everyday histories in our Special Collections and Archives reflecting 50 years of research project at Lancaster University.
Everyday Histories Talk: 50 years of Voices
Meet Lancaster University researchers who have been documenting everyday people's voices for over fifty years.
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.
King Street Arts (Lancaster) CIC
Rebuilt in Art Deco-Style in the 1930’s, the Escher like staircase leads you to the artists' studios. You can see a special exhibition of artists completed work, works in-progress and chat to the artists.
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.