North West News

piel island

Our writer Emma Longstaff explores a quirky 170-year-old tradition on the Cumbrian Piel Island which has its very own reigning monarch

levens hall

Sally Coffey reveals some of the secrets of Cumbria's largest Elizabethan house, Levens Hall: from a gamble gone wrong to links to...

Britain’s Great Journeys knows that in life, the voyage is always as important as the destination. So why not allow us to transport you...

A range of fascinating items go on display at The Atkinson in Southport as it opens a new permanent exhibition exploring 10,000 years of...

The Heritage Lottery Fund have awarded over £3m to restore the SS Daniel Adamson in order to open the vessel to the public.Coming over...

The Whitworth art gallery, part of The University of Manchester, will reopen its doors on 14 February following a £15 million transformation. The Whitworth...

The Merseyside Maritime Museum will be opening a new gallery on 27 March 2015 to tell the story of the sinking of Lusitania during...

  A bed, believed to be the oldest in Britain, dating to the 1570s, and lost for centuries, turned up at auction by Bonhams of...

Stockport’s Bramall Hall, a Tudor manor house set in acres of parkland, will now be closed to the public until spring 2016 as restoration...

A long-term archaeological project is now under way in the Cross Street area of Manchester city centre as part of Metrolink’s transformational Second City...