So, from music and sports to food and beaches, we take a look at all the reasons why the Red Rose of Lancashire is undoubtedly better than the White Rose of Yorkshire...
5. St Annes beach hosts the annual Kite Festival. Credit: Martin Bostock
4. Beaches The sandy surroundings of Lytham, Blackpool, and Morecambe are miles ahead of their east coast counterparts in Whitby, Scarborough, and Fraisthorpe. Think sandcastles, ice cream, donkey rides, and crazy golf in the sunshine. Photo: Martin Bostock
6. Burnley fans arrive at Ewood Park ahead of the East Lancs Derby against Blackburn Rovers. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard
6. Football Of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888, six were from Lancashire: Accrington, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Burnley, Everton, and Preston North End, while (if you take the historic county boundaries incorporating Merseyside and Greater Manchester), Lancashire has 63 top division winners compared to Yorkshire’s 12. Plus, Sir Tom Finney and Lily Parr - need we say more? Photo: Kelvin Stuttard
7. A drone view of Blackpool Tower and Central Pier. Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
6. Blackpool The place of a million family holidays, Blackpool is arguably the nation’s favourite vacation hotspot. From the Pleasure Beach and the arcades to Blackpool Tower and the Promenade, the whole place is synonymous with good times, laughs, sun, sand, and endless fun. And, while Huddersfield is undoubtedly charming, we know where we’re off on our jollies… Photo: Christopher Furlong
8. The Industrial Revolution was born amongst the mills of Lancashire
7. The Industrial Revolution As Bill Bryson says in his totemic book At Home about the history of domesticity, ‘where would the world be without Lancashire men?’ Simply put, arguably the biggest revolution in the history of humanity was fuelled by Lancastrians, with the global impacts of their ingenuity, investment, and graft resonating around the planet to this day. Photo: Other