During November 2014, West Lancashire Borough Council (WLBC) commissioned Lancaster University (LU) to undertake a scoping study. The aim was to “conduct independent research to assist them in developing a better understanding of the positive and negative impacts of the night time economy for those residing, working and visiting Ormskirk Town Centre” (WLBC Brief November 2014). This report is in three sections, and finishes with some concluding remarks. The first section describes Ormskirk and its Night Time Economy (ONTE). The second section explains the methodology used in the research and explores the strengths and weaknesses of the approaches used. The final section sets out the findings using four main headings
