Lancaster is a National Cycling Demonstration Town - its gentle coastal gradients make it ideal for cycling and its stunning local scenery and miles of beaches make it a perfect walking and riding centre too.
With
two motorway connections, a mainline railway station and Manchester
and Liverpool airports both within a 90-minute commuting distance
by rail or car, Lancaster's easy to get to, and from here you can
have the whole north west of England at your feet. Yet walk out of
the station and within 10 minutes you can be in the countryside. Perfect!
So, if you're planning a trip we've put together some useful links
for you...
Traveline Info about buses, trains, coach travel, school buses and
dial-a-ride services. Online Journeyplanner.
Tel: 0870 608 2 608 from 8am - 8pm.
Dial-A-Bus
Lune Valley Transport Disability service: Accessible minibus (takes wheelchairs) takes you
where you want to go locally - if you book ahead. Reasonable fares,
bus passes accepted.
Unit 7, Vickers Industrial Estate, Mellishaw Lane, Morecambe, LA3 3EN
Tel: 01524 844 944 from 9am - 3pm Mon - Fri
Stagecoach Local Bus company. Timetables, routes and tickets online.
Text Lancashire County Council for bus times information
from your mobile phone: Text the phrase 'bus time please'
to 07766 367 570 and then follow the simple instructions. It can give
you the times of the next 4 buses at designated bus stops.
Transport Direct
Door-to-door journey planner by all forms of transport for travel between regions. Wow!
Transport For Lancashire Lancashire County Council online information on all forms of transport.
Travel Passes for Over-60s & Disabled With the NoWCard free bus travel is now available to disabled people and those aged 60
living in the Lancaster District (as from 1 April 2006).
Free travel is available on journeys within the district
council area that the pass holder lives. Free local travel will be available
on weekends and Bank Holidays and after 9.30am on weekdays (before 9.30am passholders receive a concession)
NoWCard travelpass holders also receive many concessions on travel outside their district and outside the county too.
For further
information please phone the NoWcard Helpline on 0845 058 1096.
Traveline Info about buses, trains, coach travel, school buses and
dial-a-ride services. Online Journeyplanner.
Tel: 0870 608 2 608 from 8am - 8pm.
If you are going to the Lake District by train, consider asking for a
PlusBus ticket which allows you to use any buses from Windermere to Bowness
(the lake), Ambleside and Grasmere - much cheaper than paying on the bus.
If you want to go on the lake itself, go for a Lakes Day Ranger ticket. It
gets you on all the trains and buses between here and the Lakes, plus you
can use the ferries on Windermere (the entitlement is the equivalent of the
length of the lake - so you could go from one end to the other single, or
half way and then return.) The ferries are expensive if you turn up by car
and buy your ticket!
Lancaster
Train Station Live Departure Board Updated every 2 minutes with details of arrivals and departures
at Lancaster Station (including delays etc). Very handy if you are planning
to meet someone, (or need to leave town in a hurry!). Info from now
until 2 hours from now
Tel: 08457 48 49 50 (from the UK)
or +44 1332 387601 (from outside the UK)
timetables and booking info. Online Journey Planner.
The Trainline
plan UK rail journeys and book your tickets online.
Transport Direct
Door-to-door journey planner by all forms of transport for travel between regions. Wow!
Transport For Lancashire Lancashire County Council online information on all forms of transport.
Traveline Info about buses, trains, coach travel, school buses and
dial-a-ride services. Online Journeyplanner.
Tel: 0870 608 2 608 from 8am - 8pm.
Virgin
Trains Travel Timetable
Carnforth
Station (Close to Steamtown, home of the famous Hogwarts
Express this was where the film 'Brief Encounter' was filmed. The
site has some local railway and timetable info and a lot of background
and train/rail enthusiast material.)
Lancaster, Morecambe + District Rail User Group
Meets regularly. Tel: 01524 68327 or 33077
Cumbria - Lake District Railrover Ticket
Gives a choice of either 3 or 7 days unlimited rail travel throughout
Cumbria and parts of the Northwest. A single seven day adult ticket
(not including discounts for rail cards) would cost £52.50 and
a three day ticket, £32.50. Routes include the Furness line, the
Settle to Carlisle Railway, the Western Lake District and the beautiful
Eden Valley. For more info contact National Rail Enquiries tel: 08457
48 49 50.
Lancaster
& Morecambe Rail Users Group Tel: 01524 33077
Pressure group that meets regularly and represents users' concerns to rail service providers.
If you are going to the Lake District by train, consider asking for a
PlusBus ticket which allows you to use any buses from Windermere to Bowness
(the lake), Ambleside and Grasmere - much cheaper than paying on the bus.
If you want to go on the lake itself, go for a Lakes Day Ranger ticket. It
gets you on all the trains and buses between here and the Lakes, plus you
can use the ferries on Windermere (the entitlement is the equivalent of the
length of the lake - so you could go from one end to the other single, or
half way and then return.) The ferries are expensive if you turn up by car
and buy your ticket!
www.celebratingcycling.org
Lancaster is a national Cycling Demonstration Town and this website tells you all the local info on cycling, activities and bike-related stuff.
You can get an up-to-date, free map, produced by Lancaster City Council, which provides walkers, cyclists and horseriders with a handy pocket sized guide to all the routes in the district, including rural areas.
It's available from public buildings such as town halls, libraries and tourist information centres, or by calling 01524 582371 or emailing celebratingcycling@lancaster.gov.uk.
Bike
Aid Lancashire County Council TravelWise green funding
gives 50-90% grants to organisations towards installing bike racks and
lockers. Tel: 01772 264144
Bike Buddies
Ever thought about cycling to work but lack confidence? Scared off by the steely-thighed cyclocrats in the bike shops? Need a little support in getting started? If so, then the Bike Buddy Scheme could be right up your alley! It's a free service for local residents to help new and returning cyclists to get to grips with cycling by helping them to find a suitable route from their home to work.
Bike Buddies are all experienced cyclists with a local good knowledge and able to map out the most suitable route for any required journey, whether it be to work, the supermarket, health centre or community hall.
By completing a simple questionnaire asking a few basic questions about your cycling abilities, you will be matched with a buddy who will contact you by phone or by email to discuss your requirements and arrange a convenient time and date to meet up for a dummy run of the journey.
Buddies will also be on hand to give information on the local cycle network, to give tips on riding safely in traffic, varying environments and weather conditions and offer advice on equipment, accessories and basic bike maintenance.
If you are interested in joining the scheme, simply contact the Cycling Demonstration Town Team on 01524 582086, or in writing to: Bike Buddy, Lancaster City Council, Palatine Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster, LA1 1PW. The application form and questionnaire is also available on their website: www.celebratingcycling.org.
Sunshine Cycle Hire
Cooper's Amusements, 376 Marine Road East, Morecambe LA4 5AH.
Tel: 01524 414709
Open 10am - 10pm.
You pay for the time you go out
£2.50 An Hour. £15 For a whole day. Family deal.
Helmets and padlocks provided at no extra cost. Deposit taken on a card (or £50 cash per bike).
The
brainchild of Claude Cooper of Coopers Amusements and Pete Moser, normally known for his
music and as a one man band.
With the promenade developed all the way to Heysham, the promotion of the district as a
cycling town and more and more visitors arriving this pair of local ntrepreuners have seized
the opportunity to provide another attraction. The bikes come in all shapes and sizes and you
can also hire trailers, tag-a-longs and child seats. The prize hire is a beautiful SCHWIM tandem
with white wall tyres and seats as comfy as a limo!
Reasonable rates for the bikes mean you can take them out for 2 hours, a half day or a full day
and family deals include bikes for everyone!
Pattys
Farm Barn Hillam Lane, Cockerham, Lancaster. LA2
0DY
Tel: 01524 751285
Email: info@pattysfarm.co.uk Overlooking the Lune Estuary with fabulous views
all around, Pattys Farm Barn is a great base for outdoor activity holidays,
get-away-from-it-all weekends or explorer breaks. Just a few miles from
the M6 and yet wonderfully rural, Pattys Farm Barn cottages are available
to comfortably sleep two to eight guests without resorting to sofa beds!
Close to Lancaster University. Prices start from just £210 per
week.
We have Bike hire. Half day hire £7 and Full day hire £10 and Parachuting at Pattys Barn. please contact Chris on 07957888048
Pedal Power (Furniture Matters)
(Note new address)
8 Ridge Square,
off Patterdale Road, Lancaster
LA1 3HR
Tel: 01524 65328.
Supplies very cheap / free (depending on your circumstances) recycled
bikes to your specifications. They also supply bits such as carrier
racks (handy for fixing a basket to), mudguards, locks, helmets etc.
They also do FREE repairs (you pay for any new parts needed) at their
cycle surgery on the the first Saturday of every month, from 10am-1pm
and give free tuition on basic repair and maintenance. Amazing.
Satori: I took my bike in for a repair - the woman there saw how I was sitting on it and suggested a number of things they could do to make it fit me better and more safely. When I came back for it they had spotted something else that could potentially have been quite dangerous and sorted it (one of the cables was positioned so that if it should snap it would lock my front wheel! So they fitted a little metal shield to keep it clear). Including the original repair the whole thing cost about £15. It's like a new bike. They are really something.
Transport For Lancashire Lancashire County Council online information on all forms of transport including cycling section with info on cycle
routes, downloads, cycling and related links.
Travelwise Lancashire County Council cycling page - includes info on cycle
routes, cycling and related links.
You can get an up-to-date, free map, produced by Lancaster City Council, which provides walkers, cyclists and horseriders with a handy pocket sized guide to all the routes in the district, including rural areas.
It's available from public buildings such as town halls, libraries and tourist information centres, or by calling 01524 582371 or emailing celebratingcycling@lancaster.gov.uk.
Transport For Lancashire Lancashire County Council online information on all forms of transport including walking and pedestrian info.
Walk
to School Lancashire County Council Walk to School support page.
Rural Footprints
Guided walking in the Lune Valley.
Aims to promote heath, an active lifestyle and history /information of the area to individuals wanting to take more exercise and explore the area; even to those with little experience or confidence of walking in the countryside.
There are a range of walks on offer to suit different abilities; guided walks vary in length, making them easy to fit into daily routines.
Email: walks@ruralfootprints.co.uk
Tel: 015242 21122
Mob:
07879 033235
You can get an up-to-date, free map, produced by Lancaster City Council, which provides walkers, cyclists and horseriders with a handy pocket sized guide to all the routes in the district, including rural areas.
It's available from public buildings such as town halls, libraries and tourist information centres, or by calling 01524 582371 or emailing celebratingcycling@lancaster.gov.uk.
Steam Packet Co. SeaCat
and SuperSeaCat Timetables and Fares - Heysham/Ireland
Transport For Lancashire Lancashire County Council online information on all forms of transport inc ferries.
Fleetwood's Knott End Ferry Service over the River
Wyre connects with buses to Lancaster.
Tel: Traveline 0870 6082608 for info.
Lancaster Canal Packet Boats Waterbus Service
& Canal Cruises
Unit 10 Victoria Court, Penny Street, Lancaster, LA1 1XN
Tel: 01524 389410 1. Carnforth to Lancaster Waterbus
A leisurely sail between Carnforth and Lancaster, through Bolton-le-Sands and Hest Bank. Leaves Carnforth at 09.30am, two hour break in Lancaster arrive back in Carnforth at 17.30pm. You can board and depart at any of the stops also. 2. Lune Aqueduct Cruise
Lunch-time sailing from opposite Lancaster's Waterwitch Inn to the famous Lune Aqueduct. 3.Carnforth to Tewitfield Country Cruise
A peaceful cruise through beautiful countryside to Tewitfield, where there is the option of lunch at The Longlands Hotel or a walk and picnic, before travelling back to Carnforth.
2007 Special Cruises: Valentine's Dinner Cruises, Mother's Day Cruises, Quiz Night Cruises with Fish & Chip Suppers and Garstang Country Cruises. To book tel: 01524 389410, or book on-line.
Group bookings can be made for any part of any of the cruises, on any available date, and catering for groups can be arranged if booked in advance. The boats are also available for Private Hire, with a wide range of options available.
Please contact us for timetables and further information, or to request a leaflet.
Corporate
Commuter Schemes lancashire County Council Integrating Transport website with info and incentives for companies looking
at ways of minimising employees' car needs.
Tel: 01772 533299.
Also has a page on how to calculate your car costs.
Integrated Transport (IT).
Lancashire County Council site with free car sharing scheme plus advice + info on how to get everyone to work without them each needing
a car and a parking space apiece, and having to spend half an hour each
way inching through a traffic gridlock. There are ways to do this that
don't involve getting wet + cold. Companies wanting free help designing
travel / commuter plans for their workforce can tel: 01772 533299
Freewheelers
long distance lifts, festivals and stuff.
MyLifts.com
Free to use UK carshare site. 'Carsharing is becoming a
modern travel alternative for regular or one-off trips, Maps, vehicle
costs, setting up public/private groups. Share your car with others
to save money and make friends.
National
Carshare
single journeys, regular commuting, corporate carpool planning.
Tavel 2 Work
Free liftsharing / carpooling website for people making regular journeys.
Environmental Transport
Association
Does a recovery / breakdown service like the AA + RAC - tried +
tested - it works, it's competitively priced, (ie cheaper) + it lobbies
for green issues unlike the other car clubs. Satori (2006): I've used this for 5 years now. For a smaller fee than other breakdown services I'm covered for every vehicle I travel in, whether as driver or passenger! I've used the service many times. I need a truly reliable service as I frequently transport frail disabled/elderly people. This one has always taken very good care of me and my companions. Speedy roadside repairs, good advice, good recovery. I used to be in the AA. This is better.
AA motoring organisation, for UK road info, road, car industry +
petrol lobby, breakdown services and route-planning.
RAC
motoring organisation, for UK road info, road, car industry + petrol
lobby, breakdown services and route-planning.
1st Travel Taxis
Tel: 01524 32688 or 07971460420
Brilliant airport service
Airport Shuttle Tel: 01524 751629
Reliable travel to Manchester, Liverpool and Blackpool airports
Morecambe: ABC Taxis: (01524) 410884
Coastal Taxis 53a Queen Street, Morecambe
Tel No: 01524 424424 or 0800 666-666
Email:
Has 40 vehicles in total, a mixture of Hackney Carriage 4 and 6 seaters,
4 and 6 seater private hire saloons and 8 seat minibus private hire vehicles.
Operates 24hrs / 365 days a year.
Morecambe & Heysham Taxis: (01524) 832111
National Cabline
tel. 0800 123 444
connects to your local National CabLine member.
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Lancaster is a National Cycling Demonstration Town - its gentle coastal gradients make it ideal for cycling and its stunning local scenery and miles of beaches make it a perfect walking and riding centre too. 
Overlooking the Lune Estuary with fabulous views
all around, Pattys Farm Barn is a great base for outdoor activity holidays,
get-away-from-it-all weekends or explorer breaks. Just a few miles from
the M6 and yet wonderfully rural, Pattys Farm Barn cottages are available
to comfortably sleep two to eight guests without resorting to sofa beds!
Close to Lancaster University. Prices start from just £210 per
week.
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