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Lady Lever Gallery - Port Sunlight, Merseyside

Port Sunlight (8 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (3.7 miles, 6.0 km, direction W)

The centre-piece of the village is the Lady Lever Art Gallery and Museum, this was built as a memorial to Lady Lever and was opened in 1922...

St George slaying the Dragon. St Georges Hall, Liverpool

Liverpool (619 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Merseyside (5.0 miles, 8.1 km, direction NW)

World famous for it's football team and the birthplace of the Beatles , from early humble origins Liverpool, over the centuries has grown and developed to become one of the most.....

Saint Pauls Church, Widnes Town Centre. - Widnes. Cheshire

Widnes (37 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction E)

There is much that is Victorian about Widnes, this can be seen in the splendid public library building and the park named after a great Queen and Empress...

Sunset over Hilbre Island - taken from West Kirby promenade, Wirral, Merseyside

Wirral Peninsula (7 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (6.7 miles, 10.8 km, direction SW)

The Wirral Peninsula is an area of Merseyside approximately 60 square miles (160 square Km) known as 'The Wirral'..

High Tide, New Brighton

New Brighton (30 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (7.9 miles, 12.8 km, direction NW)

New Brighton in the Wiirral may not be quite what the traditional Brighton of the South of England is, with its extravaganza of a Royal Pavilion, but what it does have is well worth sampling...

Aintree racecourse

Aintree (1 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (8.0 miles, 12.8 km, direction N)

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Summit of Helsby hill looking over River Mersey towards Liverpool.

Helsby (16 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction SE)

Helsby is famous for Helsby Hill which rises to a height of 462ft, and has traces of an Iron-Age camp...

St Lawrence Church, Frodsham, Cheshire.

Frodsham (11 Pictures)

a Historic Market Town in the county of Cheshire (8.4 miles, 13.4 km, direction SE)

In the medieval times Frodsham was an important port and borough belonging to the earls of Chester...

A long winding road in Lower Heswall, the area has remained unchanged for around 100 years.

Heswall (5 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (8.9 miles, 14.3 km, direction W)

Heswall, although situated on the banks of the River Dee remains very much part of Merseyside. It is fortunate to occupy a spacious area fringed by green wooded countryside, and is close to sands commencing at near-by Thurstaston...

Taylor Park snow

St Helens (86 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (8.9 miles, 14.4 km, direction NE)

Having transcended the Industrial Revolution and shaken off its old image, St.Helens is rapidly developing into a place of culture and style...

All Saints Church, Rainford

Rainford (17 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (10.3 miles, 16.5 km, direction NE)

Rainford is a small village attractively set in open countryside between St. Helen's and Wigan...

Iron Man at Crosby, Merseyside

Crosby (31 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction NW)

Modern day Crosby straddles the Irish Sea, it is a mainly residential area with a coastline of sands - including the Blundell Sands, thus named for the Blundell family...

St Katherines Chapel, Lydiate.

Lydiate (3 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (11.5 miles, 18.5 km, direction N)

This attractive village was mentioned in the Doomsday Book. It is perhaps best known for the evocative ruins of St. Catherine's Church...

Old River Dee Bridge on River Dee leading to Lower Bridge St Chester - August 2009

Chester (290 Pictures)

a Historic City in the county of Cheshire (12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction S)

Chester, the county town of Cheshire, is one of the oldest and most complete walled cities with fantastic architecture and history...

Welsh Hills from West Kirby, Merseyside

West Kirby (8 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction W)

The town lies between Heswall and Hoylake, it has a nice sandy beach, a beautiful marine lake and some lovely preserved Victorian properties...

Ackers Road, High Level Bridge

Warrington (109 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction E)

This town can claim to have something made for Queen Victoria, which was famously rejected by her - this is the pair of Golden Gates made in 1850 for Sandringham House...

Delamere Forest, Nr Tarporley, Cheshire

Delamere (39 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (14.3 miles, 23.0 km, direction SE)

The village of Delamere can be found in the midst of beautiful Cheshire countryside in an area of forests and rivers. It is perhaps best known as the home of the magnificent.....

Freshfield, Formby Looking out to sea

Formby (18 Pictures)

in the county of Merseyside (15.1 miles, 24.2 km, direction NW)

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Wigan Market

Wigan (52 Pictures)

in the county of Greater Manchester (16.2 miles, 26.1 km, direction NE)

Wigan is a sociable town with a long history, it received it's Royal charter in the middle of the 13th-century, but prior to that the Roman's had built a settlement here...

Beeston Castle in Tarporley, Cheshire.

Tarporley (15 Pictures)

in the county of Cheshire (17.1 miles, 27.5 km, direction SE)

Attractive large village which developed as a coaching stop on the main London to Liverpool road during the 17th and 18th-centuries...

Recommended attractions near Allerton

Sefton Park Daffodil Time

Sefton Park Palm House (15 Pictures)

(2.2 miles, 3.6 km, direction NW)

A Victorian glasshouse, showcasing the liverpool Botanical collection...

Speke Hall, Liverpool

Speke Hall (13 Pictures)

(2.2 miles, 3.6 km, direction S)

Sandwiched between the urban sprawl of Liverpool, Speke Hall is an astonishing survival from the past - a magnificent, unspoilt.....

Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool, Merseyside - July 2005

Liverpool Cathedral (19 Pictures)

(3.8 miles, 6.2 km, direction NW)

That Liverpool should finally have a Roman Catholic Cathedral of its own, was a dream come true when on 14th May 1967, the.....

Sea Life Sculpture Eastham Country Park looking over the Mersey

Eastham Woods Country Park (1 Pictures)

(4.0 miles, 6.4 km, direction SW)

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Lady Lever Gallery - Port Sunlight

Lady Lever Art Gallery (3 Pictures)

(4.4 miles, 7.1 km, direction W)

This fascinating art gallery was built by the Ist Viscount Leverhulme, the great benefactor who founded the Lever empire and.....

Albert Dock at night, Liverpool, Merseyside.

Albert Dock (29 Pictures)

(4.7 miles, 7.5 km, direction NW)

King John granted Liverpool a charter in 1207, this was to encourage the growth of a port, at this time it was a small fishing.....

The Beatles Story Exhibition, Liverpool.

The Beatles Story Exhibition (8 Pictures)

(4.7 miles, 7.6 km, direction NW)

Liverpool's world famous and multi-award winning Beatles Story experience..

The famous Cavern Club in Liverpool

The Cavern Club (8 Pictures)

(4.7 miles, 7.6 km, direction NW)

The most famous club in the world....

A picture of Albion House

Albion House (1 Pictures)

(4.8 miles, 7.8 km, direction NW)

A Victorian era office block designed by Richard Norman Shaw who based the design after his earlier work on Scotland Yard. Albion.....

Croxteth Hall, Liverpool

Croxteth Hall (9 Pictures)

(5.2 miles, 8.3 km, direction N)

This magnificent Hall was once the home of the Molyneux family, Earls of Sefton, who were second in importance to the Earls of.....

Ellesmere Port - Taken By David Thomas DEC 2001

Ellesmere Port Boat Museum (50 Pictures)

(5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction S)

At The Boat Museum in Ellesmere Port we bring Britain's canal history back to life. Come and explore the exhibitions in the.....

Knowsley Hall, Knowsley, the oldest surviving wing built in 1435.

Knowsley Hall & Safari Park (3 Pictures)

(5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction NE)

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Just how close do they come?

Blue Planet Aquarium, Ellesmere Port (2 Pictures)

(7.3 miles, 11.7 km, direction S)

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Remains of Halton Castle

Halton Castle (3 Pictures)

(8.6 miles, 13.8 km, direction E)

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A picture of Friends Meeting House

Friends Meeting House (2 Pictures)

(8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction NE)

George Shaw of Bickerstaffe first established this handsome stone-built house of 1679 as a place of Quaker worship, since then.....

Statue at Norton Priory, Cheshire

Norton Priory Museum & Gardens (6 Pictures)

(9.0 miles, 14.5 km, direction E)

Runcorn is almost entirely encircled by two canals, the Bridgewater Canal built during the middle of the 18th century and the.....

Orangutans at Chester Zoo, Chester, Cheshire.

Chester Zoo (24 Pictures)

(9.5 miles, 15.3 km, direction S)

Chester Zoo makes a fascinating day out for everyone at whatever age. For mostly we all love creatures of the wild and enjoy.....

Walton Hall, Cheshire

Walton Hall & Gardens (8 Pictures)

(12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction E)

Walton Hall Gardens was originally part of a much larger country estate purchased in 1812 by the Greenall family, famous for.....

Chester Cathedral

Chester Cathedral (40 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.7 km, direction S)

A Minster was built here in the 10th-century to hold the remains of St.Werburgh, a Mercian princess who died in 707......

Chester Roman Garden

Roman Gardens (2 Pictures)

(12.2 miles, 19.7 km, direction S)

The Roman Garden, thus called is a somewhat misleading name. It was certainly not here in Roman times, but is a left-over from.....


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