What To See and Do
Positioned on the edge of the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales,
the area offers an incredible mix of city breaks, coastal attractions and country retreats.
- Explore the great outdoors in the Lune Valley, the Forest of Bowland and Arnside and Silverdale.
- Enjoy a family day out at the seaside in Morecambe.
- Indulge in a day of shopping, lunch and theatre in Lancaster.
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What to do this weekend?
You can plan your holiday, visit or short break in several different ways using this website.Below, our attractions and events have been broken down into categories. You can choose to browse Outdoor Adventure for thrills and spills, or go for something quieter with Outdoor Leisure.
You can explore Places of Interest which include some interesting sights such as the Viking Graves at Heysham. If you want to visit one of our main Visitor attractions, or do a little shopping, just click on the links above. Or make the most of the district's great local food producers by visiting a market, restaurant or farm shop.
- Attractions
- Interesting Places to Visit
- Outdoor Adventure
- Outdoor Leisure
- What's On
- Food and Drink
- Shopping
Fly over to Morecambe's annual celebration of the seaside!
Over the weekend, the promenade will be taken over once again by fairground attractions, innovative street entertainers and musicians performing their acts.
Have you ever seen a Polar bear on Morecambe promenade? Well, come along to the seaside festival and meet Bjorn the Polar bear. Bjorn is a very life like bear realised using the latest pod puppet technology.
He likes to get up close to the crowd, whilst his Inuit-styled handler tells you all about the life of Polar bears and answers any of your questions.
From Polar bears to the inside of a whale’s belly - visit the amazing theatre space of a mariners’ museum inside the belly of a whale. Visit inside the whale and see a living museum of deep sea wonders.
Or why not have a chat with an extraordinary walkabout puppet act who comically and adorably are trying to understand the modern world.
On the Sunday, look out on the promenade for the cavalcade of vintage cars arriving as we welcome the 22nd Bradford to Morecambe Historic Vehicle Run or look high into the sky for the fantastic Battle of Britain flyover display performed by the RAF.
As well as a host of music on the promenade arena, The Platform will also be entertaining a festival of light music, footloose dance orchestra and a Last Night of the Proms concert.
- Download our Seaside Festival Leaflet (PDF 1.6MB)
For the full festival programme you can also pop in or call Morecambe Visitor Information Centre on (01524) 582808 or visit www.lancaster.gov.uk/seaside
