A stretch of wild sandy beach and dunes north of Liverpool, backed by pinewoods where red squirrels still live. At low tide, footprints of people and animals from thousands of years ago are sometimes uncovered in the mud.
Follow the squirrel walk early in the morning for the best chance of spotting them. The car park fills quickly on sunny days; trains run from Liverpool to Freshfield station.
Liverpool city centre's oldest building, a Queen Anne-style former charity school built in 1717, and now the UK's oldest arts centre.
The homes where John Lennon and Paul McCartney grew up: Mendips, the 1930s semi where John lived with his Aunt Mimi, and 20 Forthlin Road, the counci…
A rare Tudor black and white timber-framed manor house on the banks of the Mersey, built around a courtyard with two ancient yew trees.
A Georgian house and deer park on the edge of Manchester, home of the Earls of Stamford, with a house that was a military hospital in the First World…
One of the first road suspension bridges in the world, built by Thomas Telford in 1826 with turrets to match Conwy Castle beside it.
One of the great medieval castles built by Edward I to conquer Wales, completed in 1287, with eight huge towers and almost complete town walls that y…
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