Charter Market

Top choice in Northwest England


Lancaster's historic market is one of the best in the northwest, a gathering place for local producers to sell their goodies. You'll find potted shrimp from Morecambe Bay, locally made hotpots and pies, as well as a range of more exotic dishes from around the world. It extends from Market Sq onto Market St and Cheapside.


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1. Lancaster Castle

0.18 MILES

Lancaster's most imposing building is the castle, built in 1150 but added to over the centuries: the Well Tower dates from 1325 and is also known as the…

2. Lancaster Priory

0.2 MILES

Immediately next to Lancaster Castle is the equally fine priory church, founded in 1094 but extensively remodelled in the Middle Ages.

4. Holker Hall

12.15 MILES

Three miles east of Cartmel on the B5278, Holker Hall has been the family seat of the Cavendish family for nigh on four centuries. Though parts of it date…

5. Cartmel Priory

12.19 MILES

Cartmel's medieval priory is one of only a handful to have survived the ravages of the dissolution of the monasteries largely unscathed. Its most unusual…

6. Levens Hall

14.57 MILES

This Elizabethan manor is built around a mid-13th-century fortified pele tower, and fine Jacobean furniture litters its interior, although the real draw…

7. Laurel & Hardy Museum

15.58 MILES

Founded by avid Laurel and Hardy collector Bill Cubin back in 1983, this madcap museum in Ulverston (the birthplace of Stan Laurel) has new premises…

8. Hoad Monument

15.6 MILES

Towering on a grassy hill above Ulverston, this tower commemorates the explorer Sir John Barrow (1764–1848), who helped map the Northwest Passage. The…