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It is a ceremonial county in North West England. The administrative centre is Preston. The county has a population of 1,449,300 and an area of 1,189 square miles. People from Lancashire are known as Lancastrians.

Did you know that Lancashire is a county of many 'firsts' and interesting facts? From Preston being home to the first KFC in the UK, to Blackburn being the first town in the UK to take on mass fingerprinting.

Sea Life Blackpool was home to a record breaking crab. 'Big Daddy' held the record for the 'longest leg on a crab' which measured 1.43 m (4 ft 8.5 in), measured on 8th of August 2013.

The Lancashire Canal has the longest lock-free stretch in the country.

It was the first in Britain was the first place where spinning and weaving of cotton into fabric began and it was the hub of cotton and textile mills. This place was responsible for half of the world's cotton production.

Designed to be a replica of the Eiffel tower, the Blackpool tower is 138m and takes 7 years to paint from top to bottom. The tower’s lifts travel 3,500 miles every year.

It's nicknamed "The Red Rose County" within England, showing ancient extent. The historic county consisted of two separate parts. The main part runs along the northwestern coast of England.

Did you know that Lancashire is a county of many 'firsts' and interesting facts? From Preston being home to the first KFC in the UK, to Blackburn being the first town in the UK to take on mass fingerprinting.

From the spinning jenny to the jet engine, East Lancashire is responsible for a number of inventions used widely across the world. It's hard to believe that the birth of the cotton industry can be traced to Stanhill village near Oswaldtwistle.

Not only has it given inspiration for Tolkien’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ with Stonyhurst College but Ribble Valley has also been mentioned in the Queen’s biography as her desired retiring location.

With a population of approximately 279,000 (in 2014), Bolton is the largest town in Britain, however, Bashall Town, near Clitheroe, is England’s smallest town. Both are located in Lancashire.