Lancashire and the Peaks Travel Guide
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For those looking for the postcard England of little villages, the northwest region of England might not appear at the top of a sightseeing list. Manchester, Britain's third-largest city, today bustles with redevelopment, and Liverpool is undergoing significant revitalization. However, the 200 years of smokestack industry that abated only in the 1980s have taken a toll on the east Lancashire landscape. The region does have some lovely scenery inland, in Derbyshire (pronounced Dar-byshire)—notably the spectacular Peak District, a national park at the southern end of the Pennine range.
Lancashire and the Peaks Hotels
Because the larger city-center hotels in Manchester and Liverpool rely on business travelers during the week, they may markedly reduce their rates on weekends...read more
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Lancashire and the Peaks Restaurants
Dining options in Manchester and Liverpool vary from smart cafés offering Modern British and Continental fare to excellent ethnic restaurants. Manchester...read more
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Travel Deals in Lancashire and the Peaks
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Lancashire and the Peaks Experiences
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The Beatles: Liverpool is the place to visit the Fab Four's haunts and see their childhood homes.... Read more
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Manchester's spectacular rise from a small town to the world's cotton capital—with the nickname Cottonopolis—in only 100 years began... Read more
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Brian Epstein was led to the Beatles in 1961 by a teenager who came into his record shop, NEMS (North End Music Stores) at 12-14 Whitechapel... Read more
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Liverpool, on the east bank of the Mersey River estuary, at the point where it merges with the Irish Sea, developed from the 17th century through... Read more
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The area known as the Potteries, about 55 mi southeast of Liverpool, is still the center of Britain's ceramics industry, though production is... Read more
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Unique to the Peak District is the custom of well dressing, when certain wells or springs are decorated with elaborate pictures made of flowers... Read more
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