The Atlas Obscura Guide To Lancashire

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

Updated November 20, 2025

Unusual Attractions in Lancashire

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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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.

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Pennine Tower

This abandoned Brutalist tower looming over the M6 Motorway once featured a restaurant.

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Towneley Hall

A historic manor with a priest hole you can stand up in, the last surviving vestments from a dissolved abbey, and centuries of art on display.

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Bancroft Mill Engine Museum

A steam-powered survivor in the Forest of Bowland.

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Preston, England

Wallace and Gromit Statue

Everyone's favorite clay duo immortalized in bronze.

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Preston Martyrs Memorial

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

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