Lancaster
Address
Lancaster Castle Station
Meeting House Lane
Lancaster
Lancashire
LA1 5NW
Grid Reference
SD 471616 – for a map visit www.streetmap.co.uk and enter the grid reference.
Operator
Facilities
+ Staffed station
+ Ticket Office (Mon – Sat 05.15 – 19.45, Sun 09.30 – 20.00
+ Services to Morecambe, Barrow and Leeds with Northern Rail and services to all areas of country with Avanti West Coast and Transpennine Express
+ Car parking for 147 cars – 24 hours £12.00 per day (£4.00 Sats & Suns)
+ Covered platforms
+ Additional seating on platforms
+ Secure cycle storage on car park (keys from booking office)
+ Toilets on both platforms including disabled
+ Public Address
+ CCTV
Attractions
Lancaster Castle – see history come alive in the heart of Lancaster. England’s dark history, with tales of persecution, incarceration, punishment and execution, has been lived out over the centuries within the confines of Lancaster Castle!
Lancaster Priory Church – a Grade 1 listed building, located on a site which has seen Christian worship since Saxon times.
Maritime Museum – explore Lancaster’s golden age and rich maritime and natural history.
City Museum – housed in Lancaster’s former town hall the museum is home to the Kings Own Royal Regiment Museum
Judge’s Lodgings – an elegant Grade 1 listed building once home to Thomas Covell a notorious witch hunter.
Williamson Park – 54 acres of beautiful parkland with the Ashton Memorial and an Edwardian Butterfly House.
Duke’s Playhouse – a theatre and film venue.
The Grand Theatre – a venue for concerts, plays and shows.
Location
Latest News
Yorkshire Dales Explorer 10 May 2025
No guided walks this week but the DalesBus No 80 connects at Ribblehead to get you to Hawes and there is plenty of other things to do and see using the Yorkshire Dales Explorer. Posted 06.05.25
Squires Gate Quarterly Update April 25
The Friends of Squires Gate station look after the public platform and also the disused platform under licence from Network Rail. Posted 29.04.25
Railway Stalwart Remembered At Brierfield
Tributes paid to Derek Jennings, a keen station adopter and railway campaigner. Posted 28.04.25
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