With a rich history encompassing the Romans, the Saxons and the Normans, Lancaster has always been popular with out of towners. It boasts a majestic castle, an activity-packed park and a theatre that doubles as an arts centre and gallery – so its appeal is pretty obvious. As well as all that it’s just over 15 minutes from Preston and 2 hours 15 minutes from Glasgow.
If you want to explore the best of historic Lancaster, you can buy cheap train tickets to Lancaster with TransPennine Express.
On arrival the bus station is a 10-minute walk from the train station on Cable Street and the timetables can all be found on the council website. The station also has a taxi rank right outside.
For ideas on what to do in Lancaster, see Visit Lancashire.
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