Lancashire County is situated on the North West of England and is famous for its hills, coastal towns and busy urban city centres. The county was established in 1183 and it has a population of 1.460 million. It is home to Preston, Blackpool, Burnley, Blackburn, Morecambe and Ormskirk.
The county is situated next to Manchester and Liverpool and so, it offers plenty of scope for commuters.
The Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Trust provides a wide range of general hospital services to 370,000 people from the Chorley, South Ribble and Preston areas, and several specialist services to around 1.5 million people from Lancashire and South Cumbria.
They are a regional specialist centre for :
The Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is made up of a dynamic group of 7000 individuals, who work collaboratively across a range of roles and services.
One-bedroom apartment in the City Centre |
£516 a month |
One-bedroom apartment Outside of the City Centre |
£373 a month |
Three-bedroom apartment in the City Centre |
£825 a month |
Three-bedroom apartment Outside of the City Centre |
£612 a month |
1L Petrol |
£1.26 |
One-way public transport ticket |
£1.90 |
Monthly public transport ticket |
£56.52 |
5-mile taxi journey |
£6.50 |
Basic dinner out for two in a neighbourhood pub |
£21 |
Two tickets to the cinema |
£18 |
Two tickets to the theatre |
£74 |
Cappuccino |
£2.87 |
1 beer in the neighbourhood pub |
£3.54 |
One month of gym membership in business district |
£36 |
London – 2 hour 11 minutes
Birmingham – 1 hour 40 minutes
Manchester – 37 minutes
Bristol – 3 hours 25 minutes
Cardiff – 3 hours 39 minutes
Leeds – 1 hour 50 minutes
Edinburgh - 2 hours 33 minutes
Lancashire is home to three universities: Lancaster University, University of Central Lancashire, Edge Hill University and the Lancashire Campus of the University of Cumbria.
Lancashire University was ranked the 9th in the UK and the best in the North West in The Complete University Guide 2017 league table. The survey was based on student satisfaction, research quality and intensity, student-staff radio, good honours degrees achieved, graduate prospects and completion.
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