Welcome to Lancashire - dogging capital of UK

The Red Rose county has replaced leafy Surrey as the dogging capital of the UK - the top destination for people looking for outdoor sex with strangers.

According to a “swinging” website Lancashire can boast 216 locations for kinky late-night liaisons.

They range from the car park at Fairhaven Lake, to a picnic area in Pilling, behind toilets at the Pleasure Beach and on the Promenade at Cleveleys near to Rossall School.

The site claims to have more than 21,000 members in Lancashire who admit to engaging in public sex with whoever happens to be there at the time.

A spokesperson said: “Although Lancashire has the most locations, I’m not sure it is the most popular. You would have to go round each site and count.”

While dogging is not against the law, Lancashire Police last night warned the county’s growing number of participants they could find themselves before the courts if they go too far.

“Sex in public places is not necessarily illegal,” said a spokesman. “However we will take action where anyone could be offended by another person’s conduct or actions.”

The site claims to have more than 1.8m members in the UK and lists over 3,000 popular dogging locations.

Its list includes the back car park at Stannah Country Park, Lodge Lane layby in Singleton, Cottam Hall playing fields at Poulton, Middle Walk and Lower Walk in Blackpool, Skippool Creek car park and behind the ferry car park at Fleetwood.