Are you heading to Lytham St. Annes for the Men's Open Golf in July?

If you are heading to Lytham St. Annes for the Men’s Open Golf from 19^th – 22^ndJuly then you will be visiting Lancashire’s “Golf Coast”.  This section of the Fylde Coast has so much more to offer than just golf and boasts several towns, including Blackpool, Fleetwood, Poulton-le-Fylde and Kirkham. 

Lytham – with it’s green scene of the Lytham Proms – is famous for shrimps, cockles, sea bass and grey mullet.  Here you will find small family run shops, such as Stringers the Department Store, which has a coffee shop and Lanagans the best fish and game shop for miles, giving Lytham its own special identity.   Restaurants include Boscos in Lytham Square – Jazz every Tuesday evening,  Portofino, Zest and Henry’s. Cafes - try Fancy That and Berties.   Lytham’s Clifton Arms Hotel in Lytham is where some of the world’s finest golfers have stayed.

Lytham and St. Annes are in fact two, separate towns, divided by the village of Ansdell with its beautiful White Church and Fairhaven Lake.  Ansdell, named after the artist Richard Ansdell RA ,has the longest sea stone wall in Europe.   Ansdell and Fairhaven share the same railway station.  Fairhaven on the seaside is graced by luxurious promenade houses overlooking the lake and Ribble Estuary.  There is a restaurant by the lake.

St. Annes on the Sea is famous for the Royal Lytham and St. Annes Golf Course.  Here you will find another, family-run department store – J.R. Taylors, which has a very nice restaurant.  Other good cafes/restaurants are Silantros in Wood Street – live music most weekends and Mike Taylor pianist on Tuesday lunchtimes -  and Antons in Garden Street.  The Pavilion Restaurant and Tea Room in Ashton Gardens also feature a singer most weekend evenings.  The Olive Tree serves Greek food and also features live music.  If you like pizza then check out Baccaro.

St. Annes is also home to CoCo and Tom 13 – 15 Garden Street – where you will find a large selection of men’s and women’s clothes and accessories.

This area also boasts a local chain of supermarkets called Booths, the nearest being Marton (Blackpool) and Lytham – both have excellent cafes.

No visit to this area would be complete without seeing what is arguably the most beautiful cabaret venue in the UK – The Sands Venue on the Promenade in Blackpool, near the Tower. Here you will find a Tea Dance with scrumptious tea every Tuesday afternoon from 2 - 4.30 pm, with Frontline a superb quarter to provide the music, and top entertainers on Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings.