Lively Liverpool

November 16, 2009 by dhana
Filed under: Dream Destinations 

From the wide, flowing mersey to the countryside and beaches beyond the suburbs, liverpool is more than just a city with a big reputation. It’s the centre of a vast area of beauty, culture and entertainment that deserves exploration. Thanks to the legacy of 800 years of civic pride and massive recent investment, many of the attractions on offer are superb value or even free. Liverpool city region is rich is in history and variety. The surrounding area is full of exciting attractions and amazing points of interest. Just a short drive from liverpool is the classic seaside resort of southport, with its award-winning family beaches and superb shopping, as well as a fantastic annual line-up of events that can’t fail to keep you entertained. Just over the water from liverpool is the wirral peninsula. Surrounded by the river mersey, river dee and the irish sea, its bursting with an array of coastal and countryside attractions, and it’s unique coastline gives you the perfect opportunity to escape the hustle and bustle of urban life. Located midway between the cosmopolitan cities of liverpool and manchester, the thriving borough of st helens has an eclectic mix of glorious countryside, fascinating heritage, vibrant nightlifeand quality sporting events. Whether you enjoy delving into histroy, indulging inthrillseeking sports or getting away from it all the great outdoors, you’ll find it in the towns and villages of runcorn, widnes, hale, daresbury and moore in halton just eight miles from the centre of liverpool, knowsley is rich in exciting family days out. Famous for its safari parm, it’s fitting that the borough is best known for it’s wildlife, as it’s one of the greenest places in the UK. Liverpool’s world heritage site stretches along the waterfront from albert dock, through the pier head up to stanley dock, andup through the historic commercial districts and the ropewalks area to the cultural quarter which is dominated by the magnificent st george’s hall. It is one of over 850 cultural and natural world heritage sites which include the great wall of china, the pyramids of giza, the cities of edinburgh and bath, hadrian’s wall and stonehenge.

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