Wirral Line
The Wirral Line is one of two commuter railway lines operated by Merseyrail and centred on Merseyside, England, the other being the Northern Line.
Blacon is a large suburb in Chester, England, containing a mixture of private homes and substantial public council-built properties which are made up of houses, flats and bunglows for those less able. At one time it contained one of the largest council housing estates in Europe, but this estate is now owned, run and maintained by the Sanctuary Group in
Population: 13,495
Latitude: 53° 12' 29.95" N
Longitude: -2° 55' 31.08" W
The Wirral Line is one of two commuter railway lines operated by Merseyrail and centred on Merseyside, England, the other being the Northern Line.
Halewood Body & Assembly is a Jaguar Land Rover production facility based in Halewood, Merseyside, England.
Speke Hall is a wood-framed wattle-and-daub Tudor manor house in Speke, Liverpool, England.
Liverpool Waters is a large scale £5.5bn development that has been proposed by the Peel Group in the Vauxhall area of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. The development will make use of a series of presently derelict dock spaces at Central Docks, with …
Glyndŵr University (Welsh: Prifysgol Glyndŵr, Welsh pronunciation: [priːvˈəsɡɔl ɡlɨnˈduːr]) is a British university with campuses at Wrexham, Northop and St Asaph in north-east Wales; and at Elephant and Castle, London. It offers both undergraduate …
The Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel under the River Mersey, in the north west of England, between Liverpool and Birkenhead.
Cream, based at the Nation nightclub in Liverpool, is one of the best-known night clubs in the world. Cream began life as a weekly house music night at Nation, and ran in this format for 10 years, from October 1994 to June 2002. Over the ten years o…
The Cunard Building is a Grade II* listed building located in Liverpool, England. It is sited at the Pier Head and along with the neighbouring Liver Building and Port of Liverpool Building is one of Liverpool's Three Graces, which line the city's wa…
Birkenhead Park is a public park in the centre of Birkenhead, in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, on Merseyside, England. It was designed by Joseph Paxton and opened on 5 April 1847. It is generally acknowledged as the Second publicly funded civi…
The Gresford Disaster occurred on 22 September 1934 at Gresford Colliery, Gresford near Wrexham, in north-east Wales when an explosion killed 266 men and boys. The cause was never proved but an inquiry found that a number of factors such as failures…
Chester railway station is a railway station in Newtown in the city of Chester, England. It is currently operated by Arriva Trains Wales, with Merseyrail, Northern Rail and Virgin Trains services also operating from the station. It is situated to th…
The Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA) is one of the United Kingdom's leading institutions for performing arts. The university is situated in the English city of Liverpool.
Deva Victrix, or simply Deva, was a legionary fortress and town in the Roman province of Britannia. The settlement evolved into Chester, the county town of Cheshire, England.
Edge Hill railway station serves the district of Edge Hill in Liverpool, England.
251 Menlove Avenue, named Mendips, is the childhood home of John Lennon, singer and songwriter with the Beatles. The 1930s semi-detached property, which belonged to Lennon's Aunt Mimi and her husband George Smith, is in Woolton, South Liverpool, Eng…
Moorfields station is an underground railway station in the city centre of Liverpool, England. The station is situated on both the Northern and Wirral Lines of the Merseyrail network.
The Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City is a UNESCO designated World Heritage Site in Liverpool, England.
The Dee Bridge disaster was a rail accident that occurred on 24 May 1847 in Chester with five fatalities. It revealed the weakness of cast iron beam bridges reinforced by wrought iron tie bars, and brought criticism to its designer, Robert Stephenso…