Toxteth 1981
International Slavery Museum
1st July 2011 - 1st July 2012A community exhibition to mark the 30th anniversary in July 2011 of the riots in Liverpool 8 ....
Dinosaurs Bite Back
Chester Zoological Gardens
4th April 2012 - 4th November 2012The dinosaurs are back at Chester Zoo and they are even bigger and louder ....
Chester History Hunter Walking Tour
Town Hall Visitor Information Centre, ChesterEnjoy the Best of Chester with this daily walking tour ....
Just One Look at 1960s Chester
Chester History and Heritage
2nd April 2012 - 29th June 2012Welcome to Chester fifty years ago, a time of destruction and construction in the city ....
Olympic Posters
Grosvenor Museum
7th April 2012 - 17th June 2012View the complete set of official Summer Olympic posters, from the Olympic Foundation in Lausanne ....
Spellbound Forest
Delamere Forest
19th May 2012 - 20th May 2012An enchanting day out as we invite a family audience to follow the paths in Delamere Forest, each telling the story ....
- Acton Bridge
- Adlington
- Aigburth
- Alderley Edge
- Alsager
- Altrincham
- Ashley
- Bache
- Bebington
- Bidston
- Birchwood
- Birkenhead Central
- Birkenhead North
- Birkenhead Park
- Blythe Bridge
- Bramhall
- Bromborough
- Bromborough Rake
- Brunswick
- Buckley
- Burnage
- Buxton
- Caergwrle
- Capenhurst
- Cefn-y-Bedd
- Chapel-en-le-Frith
- Chassen Road
- Cheadle Hulme
- Chelford
- Chester
- Congleton
- Conway Park
- Cressington
- Crewe
- Cuddington
- Davenport
- Deansgate
- Delamere
- Derby
- Disley
- Dove Holes
- Earlestown
- East Didsbury
- Eastham Rake
- Edge Hill
- Ellesmere Port
- Flixton
- Frodsham
- Furness Vale
- Gatley
- Glazebrook
- Goostrey
- Green Lane
- Greenbank
- Gwersyllt
- Hale
- Halewood
- Hamilton Square
- Handforth
- Hartford
- Hawarden
- Hawarden Bridge
- Hazel Grove
- Heald Green
- Heaton Chapel
- Helsby
- Heswall
- Holmes Chapel
- Hooton
- Hope
- Hough Green
- Hoylake
- Humphrey Park
- Hunts Cross
- Ince & Elton
- Irlam
- Kidsgrove
- Knutsford
- Leasowe
- Levenshulme
- Little Sutton
- Liverpool Central
- Liverpool James St
- Liverpool Lime Street
- Liverpool Sth Parkway
- Longport
- Longton
- Lostock Gralam
- Macclesfield
- Manchester Airport
- Manchester Oxford Rd
- Manchester Piccadilly
- Manor Road
- Mauldeth Road
- Meols
- Middlewood
- Mobberley
- Moorfields
- Moreton
- Mossley Hill
- Mouldsworth
- Nantwich
- Navigation Road
- Neston
- New Brighton
- New Mills Newtown
- Newton-le-Willows
- Northwich
- Overpool
- Padgate
- Peartree
- Penyffordd
- Plumley
- Port Sunlight
- Poynton
- Prees
- Prestbury
- Rock Ferry
- Rose Hill
- Runcorn
- Runcorn East
- Sandbach
- Sankey
- Shotton
- Shrewsbury
- Spital
- St Michaels
- Stanlow & Thornton
- Stockport
- Stoke-on-Trent
- Styal
- Trafford Park
- Tutbury & Hatton
- Upton
- Urmston
- Uttoxeter
- Wallasey Grove
- Wallasey Village
- Warrington Bank Quay
- Warrington Central
- Wem
- West Allerton
- West Kirby
- Whaley Bridge
- Whitchurch
- Widnes
- Wilmslow
- Winsford
- Woodsmoor
- Wrenbury
- Wrexham Central
- Wrexham General
- Yorton
- All Stations
- Manchester - Chester via Altrincham
- Manchester - Crewe via Stockport
- Manchester - Rose Hill
- Manchester - Airport - Alderley Edge
- Liverpool - Chester via Hooton
- Liverpool - Ellesmere Port via Hooton
- Liverpool - New Brighton
- Liverpool - West Kirby
- Liverpool - Hunts Cross
- Liverpool - Manchester via Warrington Central
- Bidston - Wrexham
- Chester - Manchester via Helsby
- Ellesmere Port - Warrington
- Crewe - Chester
- Crewe - Shrewsbury via Nantwich
- Birmingham - Liverpool via Runcorn
- Crewe - Derby via Stoke-in-Trent
- Manchester - Stoke-on-Trent
- Manchester-Buxton via New Mills
Neston
Neston became an important town on the Wirral at the beginning of the 19th century. It prosperity resulted from the decline of Chester as a port because of the silting of the River Dee.
The construction of Neston’s New Quay was the subject of considerable disagreement over costing. Work was started in 1541 and had not been completed 30 years later. Due to silting, New Quay was abandoned at the beginning of the 17th century in favour of the quay at Parkgate. There are few remnants of the old quay where ships left for Dublin.
Between Neston and Burton lies Ness Botanical Gardens. The garden was given to Liverpool University by the family of Arthur Bulley, a successful cotton merchants, who collected rare plants from all over the world.
