St Helens, Merseyside, is a town built on transparency. Quite literally. As the world capital of glass making, it has a history that is as clear as the products it once exported globally. For a solo t...
Castlefield Viaduct in Manchester is well worth a visit. As a free attraction it is a different experience from other city highlights. It is a blend of the old and the new, and the discarded and the i...
Merseyside is often synonymous with a certain world-famous footballing city. If you view the county solely through the lens of Liverpool you will miss half the story. The mighty River Mersey, is a geo...
Lancashire is a county that refuses to be put into a single box. It is a place where you can spend your morning on a windswept coastal marsh and your afternoon in the shadow of a dark, brooding hill t...
Cheshire is a county that often suffers from a bit of an identity crisis. To some, it is the land of rolling hills and historical Roman walls. To others, it is a playground for Premier League football...
For a long time, Stockport was a town people saw from a train window on their way to London. They would see the massive red-brick viaduct, one of the largest structures in the world, and assume the to...
Wigan often finds itself at the heart of North West jokes, involving pastry crust or a specific type of dancing. However, anyone who has spent a day out exploring Wigan knows that its real identity is...
Manchester is the perfect base, but the true spirit of the North is often found in the towns that fed its growth. Here are three distinct ideas for an itinerary for days trips from Manchester. Using t...
Liverpool is a city with enough soul to last a lifetime, but the real magic of the North West lies in the diversity of the towns just a short train ride away. Within an hour of Lime Street, you can fi...
Other counties of the North West are defined by the work of man (the mills of Lancashire, the docks of Merseyside, or the salt mines of Cheshire). Cumbria is defined by the work of nature. It is a cou...
Greater Manchester is often mistaken for just a single city, but as any local will tell you, the region is actually a collection of ten distinct boroughs, each with its own fiercely independent person...
If you were to ask any local where to find the heart of Lancashire’s trading spirit, they would point you toward Bury. For over 500 years, this town has hosted a market that has grown into a sprawling...
Eating out alone on a Monday night is probably not the pinnacle of anyone’s social diary. But these are the sacrifices I make for this blog! Woe is me, dear reader. Woe is me. I found myself in ...
Dating back to 1215, Manchester Cathedral is truly a wondrous building to visit. It makes my head implode when I imagine that over eight centuries of history have passed through this building. Inside ...
While the vast wetlands of Martin Mere often take the spotlight in West Lancashire, there is a quieter, more textured landscape just a few miles away. Mere Sands Wood is a site that demands a differen...