Sights & Attractions in Lancashire and the Peaks

Top Attractions

Name	Category	Location

Albert Dock To understand the city's prosperous maritime past, head for waterfront...	Museums / Galleries, Marinas / Piers	Liverpool

Castlefield Urban Heritage Park Site of an early Roman fort, the district of Castlefield was...	Parks, Historic Districts / Sites	Manchester

The Crescent Almost all out-of-town roads lead toward this central green with...	Squares	Buxton

Imperial War Museum North The thought-provoking exhibits in this striking, aluminum-clad...	Museums / Galleries	Manchester

International Slavery Museum On the third floor of the Maritime Museum, this museum's three...	Museums / Galleries	Liverpool


Little Moreton Hall The epitome of "magpie" black-and-white half-timber buildings...	Houses / Mansions	Buxton

The Lowry Clad in perforated steel and glass and fronted by an illuminated...	Arts / Performance Venues	Manchester

Manchester Art Gallery Behind its impressive classical portico, this splendid museum...	Museums / Galleries	Manchester

Merseyside Maritime Museum Part of the Albert Dock complex, this is a wonderful place to...	Museums / Galleries	Liverpool

Museum of Science and Industry The museum's five buildings, one of which is the world's oldest...	Museums / Galleries	Manchester

Pavilion Gardens Surrounded by 25 acres of pretty gardens, the Pavilion, with...	Arts / Performance Venues	Buxton

People's History Museum Not everyone in 19th-century Manchester owned a cotton mill or...	Museums / Galleries	Manchester

Pier Head Here you can take a ferry across the River Mersey to Birkenhead...	Transportation Sites	Liverpool

Royal Exchange Throughout the city's commercial heyday, the most important building...	Stores / Malls	Manchester

Royal Liver Building Best seen from the ferry, the 322-foot-tall Royal Liver (pronounced...	Architectural Sites	Liverpool

Tate Liverpool A handsome conversion of Albert Dock warehouses by the late James...	Museums / Galleries	Liverpool

Town Hall Manchester's imposing Town Hall, with its 280-foot-tall clock...	Government Buildings	Manchester

Walker Art Gallery With a superb display of British art and some outstanding Italian...	Museums / Galleries	Liverpool

Whitworth Art Gallery This University of Manchester-run art museum has strong collections...	Museums / Galleries	Manchester

World Museum Liverpool You can travel from the prehistoric to the space age through...	Museums / Galleries	Liverpool
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