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The Lake District
Blackpool
Liverpool
Manchester
Solway Firth

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Kirkstone Pass

Langdale

Castlerigg Stone Circle, Penrith

Penrith

Buttermere

Derwentwater

Striding Edge

Great Gable at dawn

Ashness Bridge

Bassenthwaite

Blackpool beach

Blackpool Tower

Blackpool guest houses

Blackpool 1890

Blackpool beach

Douglas, Isle of Man 1890

Heysham Saxon Graves

Seascale

A view across the famous Liverpool waterfront

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool

Albery Dock, the earliest part of the Liverpool Docks system, which made Liverpool the world's greatest port for two centuries

The famous Ferry across the River Mersey

Liverpool is connected to the start of the Beatles' careers and is commemorated in guided tours

Penny Lane, the origin of one of the Beatles' famous songs

Giant cruise-liner at Liverpool

Liverpool and the Mersey from the top of the Anglican Cathedral. The view is west, to the sea.

Crosby Beach with its famous statues

Because it was a port, Liverpool was home to many Chinese. The Chinese community still flourishes in the city.

Manchester Centre

M56 near Manchester

View over historic Victorian Manchester

G-Mex Exhibition Centre makes use of a former railway station

River Irwell, Manchester

Bridgewater Canal, the first canal of the canal age. It was commissioned by the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, to transport coal from his mines in Worsley to Manchester. It was opened in 1761 from Worsley to Manchester.

Reproduction of Stephenson's Rocket which, in 1826, was the first passenger railway to run in the world. It ran between Manchester and Liverpool.

Salford Quays, the former docklands at the end of the Manchester Ship Canal from the River Mersey. It has been refashioned into a business and housing area.

Salford Quays

Manchester City Hall

Silloth, Cumbria

Silloth, Cumbria

Solway Firth

Solway Firth

Where King Edward I died 6th July 1307 at Burgh by Sands

Dumfries

Dumfries market 1890

Dumfries High Street: The Midsteeple area