northern england info
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DISCOVER THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AREA HIGHLIGHTS Marvel at the awesome beauty of The Lakes and the austere magic of the moors. Tramp the Dales, look in on the castles, cathedrals and country houses
Yorkshire - County Durham - Northumberland - Cumbria - Lancashire Liverpool, the birthplace of The Beatles ... John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. In the 1960s their music put the city at the centre of the music world. A stroll along the prom at Blackpool gives an insight to the great days of the British seaside resort. The world famous Blackpool Tower - 518ft was painted gold for its centenary in 1994.
The Beatles
Lancaster, established by the Romans. Skirt the glistening tidal flats of Morecambe Bay to its towering backcloth ... The Lake District. The national park is just 900 square miles but boasts 100 peaks - 16 lakes and 10 spectacular waterfalls. Lindisfarne, or Holy Island. It was a centre of Christianity from the earliest times. The ‘Geordies’ are fiercely proud of their city, Newcastle upon Tyne. Lindisfarne The Romans first bridged the Tyne. In the 19th century it was the hub of the world’s shipbuilding industry. Its legacy is some fine public buildings and the iconic Tyne Bridge.
Durham Cathedral, built as a shrine for the body of St Cuthbert, is probably Europe’s finest Norman building. The North Yorkshire Moors after looking in on Whitby, a still busy harbour town where explorer, Captain James Cook, was apprenticed to a shipping company. The huge and splendid Castle Howard, still owned and lived in by the Howard family.
Castle Howard
The Yorkshire Dales ... a walker’s paradise of meadows, wooded ravines and slopes. Three principal dales make up this national park ... Swaledale, Wharfdale and Wensleydale. York has been described as a living museum. So much of its medieval heritage remains around its narrow streets, where cars are banned. Visit The Minster - England’s largest medieval church. Yorkshire’s coastline is sometimes called the ‘forgotten coast’, though it was at Scarborough that the craze for sea bathing started. 72
