Published on October 7, 2016 at 3:45 pm
Latest tourism data from Visit Lancashire shows Rossendale’s tourism offer is appealing to even more people and continuing its upward trend.
The latest data, for 2015, shows that Rossendale saw over 1.3million tourism visits to the area, increasing 2% on last year, outpacing average growth of 1.7% (64.38m visits) across Lancashire as a whole.
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Published on September 1, 2016 at 4:31 pm
Lancashire Tourism Awards are the biggest celebration of tourism excellence in Lancashire. Last year’s awards had a 4.3 million print media coverage circulation and a 19.6 million potential reach on social media. If you’re proud of what you do to contribute to Lancashire’s £3.7million visitor economy then this is your opportunity to shout about it.
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Published on August 1, 2016 at 4:06 pm
Hundreds of people recently flocked to Rossendale to help celebrate Grip & Go’s first birthday.
The £275,000 climbing centre, which is based at the Adrenaline Centre in Haslingden, celebrated the milestone by hosting a first birthday party.
The Mayor of Rossendale, Cllr Granville Morris, kicked off the celebrations by giving a welcome speech to visitors.
Published on June 17, 2016 at 1:47 pm
British Cycling’s Go Sky Ride now has a new routes website for budding cycling enthusiasts featuring a popular ride round Whitaker Park.
The new site features hundreds of cycle routes up and down the county which have all been accredited by British Cycling.
The site features the ride ‘Rossendale Vistas‘ which starts at Whitaker Park, this rolling route gives glorious vistas of the valley including Cowpe Lowe and Scout Moor.
Published on February 4, 2016 at 1:51 pm
Marketing Lancashire is celebrating the announcement that the prestigious Visit England Awards for Excellence 2016 which will take place at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool on Tuesday 8 March, during English Tourism Week (5-13 March) and four Lancashire Tourism Awards 2015 winners have beaten strong competition from across the country and will now represent Lancashire as finalists.
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