Bygone Times Featured in Visit Lancashire's Christmas Magazine 2025! | Bygone Times

Bygone Times are proud to feature in Visit Lancashire’s Christmas Digital Magazine for 2025, recommended alongside Lancashire’s finest as a fantastic festive destination for locals and visitors!

As proud partners, we would like to thank our friends over at Visit Lancashire for recommending Bygone Times for Christmas shopping and festive days out!

Please check out our listing on page 15 of their digital Christmas magazine, under the ‘something to spark the imagination’ section!

Bygone Times – A Leading Lancastrian Antiques Centre

Bygone Times is Lancashire’s leading antiques centre, exhibiting over 500 independent stallholders comprised of local businesses and traders, providing a unique and personalised shopping experience, every time. Based in the historic 17^th century Grove Mill, Eccleston, Bygone Times has five amazing floors and 85,000 square feet of magical individuality and character.

With everything from antiques and collectables to vintage, retro, jewellery and furniture, Bygone Times has something for everyone and every price point.

Driving Tourism in Lancashire & the North-West

As proud Lancastrians, Bygone Times are passionate about our local community and businesses.

Based in the heart of the North-West of England, encompassing economic and cultural powerhouses such as Manchester and Liverpool, in addition to the diverse landscapes and natural countryside beauty, Lancashire is an important county for driving UK tourism.

A recent study published by Marketing Lancashire indicated that the region’s tourism economy is absolutely thriving. At -2.5% behind pre-Covid visitor days, compared with the rest of England which is at -25%, Lancashire has demonstrated a superior recovery from the impact of the pandemic on tourism.

The report indicates a whopping 83 million Lancashire visitor days were generated in 2023, an extra 1 million visitor days than 2022.

Whether you’re visiting the industrial heartlands of Manchester, the historic docks of Liverpool, spending the weekend in the wonderous Lake District, or experiencing the coastal beauty of Blackpool or Morecambe, be sure to visit Bygone Times!

Why Bygone Times is a great Tourist Destination for Christmas!

With thanks to Visit Lancashire for their wonderful recognition of our unique shopping experience, Bygone Times are helping to create many memorable moments during the festive season. With infinite antiques, collectables and festive decorations to delight treasure hunters and nostalgia lovers, Bygone Times are embracing the festive spirit, with a wreath-making class and the return of Santa’s grotto in 2025!

Offering the businesses and tourists alike the chance to discover something different this Christmas, often at a fraction of the comparable high-street cost, Bygone Times are encouraging tourists and locals alike to ditch the frantic city-centre festive frenzy for the relaxing mystique of Lancashire’s leading antiques centre, with everything from personal gifts to antique and original Christmas decorations.

Though Bygone Times’ reputation is primarily driven by unique antiques, collectables and retro goods, we’re offering something for everyone, with the Bygone Times War Museum, exhibiting authentic WW1 & WW2, Navy and Air Force relics, uniforms and medals, all housed within an immersive bunker!

Don’t forget to visit The Cotton Café, serving delicious festive-themed bakes and hot coffees, offering refuge from the impending Winter chill!