The town will be filled with sparkle and wonder into the new year

Our guide to some of the best Christmas shows in the region this festive season

Her Royal Highness cordially invites you to her royal ball to celebrate the greatest of Christmas traditions! Only the country's most important lords and ladies have been invited to dine, dance and be entertained with the queen and her husband Albert.

The Oyster & Otter is a neighbourhood pub and restaurant, ideal for diners and drinkers alike with plenty of room to spread out and relax over something suitably refreshing.

Looking for a foodie getaway? Lancashire and the Lake District have them in abundance

The resort has been a favourite with visitors for decades.

A woman born in Padiham is helping to bring visitors to the Lake District from all over the world.

Moves are underway to create a people's park for the 21st century in the South Pennines, writes Richard Darn

Whether it's the garlic, the businesses or the people, there's something magic about Rammy.

Masks created by Tanith Harvey-Smith in Poulton have appeared at catwalk shows, fashion shoots and events all over the world.

The epitome of style, grace and beauty, Banks Lyon, an award winning and prestigious jewellers, has been offering Lancashire the finest luxury jewellery brands for 34 years.

Bask in the elegant and opulent pieces on offer available online and from their Lancaster and Kendal stores

John Lenehan describes a beautiful walk which follows a disused section of the Lancaster Canal

There are many reasons to visit Clitheroe, its location in between the Forest of Bowland and Pendle Hill make it a perfect base for a walking breaking.

A summer walk from Barley takes in the mystical and magical Pendle Hill, writes John Lenehan

Morecambe Bay covers a vast area of the North West coast, from the outer limits of Lancashire's coastal resorts in the south to the edges of the Lake District in the north.

There are many great walks on the beaches and surrounding areas along its length and we've picked half a dozen of our favorites from our archives.

After success with Sweet Charity, The Producers and West Side Story comes the show whose anthem, Let Me Entertain You, never does anything less . . .

You can mess around with the Ugly Sisters' gender; drop all that Dandini or Fairy Godmother nonsense; put Cinders in a pair of Doc Martens; AND still have a Ball in this clever, compact and thoroughly-comic version of the traditional tale.

Miss Marple comes to Blackpool in Leslie Darbon's stage adaptation.

Theatre by the Lake (TBTL) have managed something magical, delightful and hilariously funny with their Christmas-cum-winter offering this year. It is hard to imagine the old clichéd Dickensian story being anything but snooze-worthy, but TBTL has a secret weapon: this production was written by Patrick Barlow.