The competition is open to senior non-league clubs within the historical boundaries of Lancashire.
A total of 28 clubs currently enter the competition from six different leagues.
From the 2009–10 season the semi-finals have been played at the County Ground, Thurston Road in Leyland, with the final being held at the Reebok Stadium, home of Bolton Wanderers.
The first Lancashire FA Challenge Trophy took place in the 1885–86 season, when Bells Temperance were the winners.
Chorley are the most successful club with eighteen wins, the first coming in 1893–94 and the last of which came in 2017–18.