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in the castle, and parts of it remain to a significant height. Below are the vaults, two of which stand
complete.

Castle Hill is a lovely place to walk and picnic, with views in all directions. The lower slopes have
wooded walks. There are sculpture seats, specially commissioned for the site, by the artist Alain
Ayers.

Manchester

Once part of the black heart of industrial England, Manchester has re-invented itself as a city of
art, style and culture. And then, of course, there is Manchester United and Manchester City, two of
Britain’s most famous football clubs.

It is also a city of musical history with groups like The Hollies, The Bee Gees, Herman’s Hermits,
Wayne Fontana and The Mindbenders, Freddie and the Dreamers in the 1960s and Barclay
James Harvest and 10cc in the early 1970s. Later hit makers were The Smiths and Oasis.

The city’s science history includes a couple of the most important scientific developments in
history – splitting the atom, and one of the world’s first programmable computers. The New
Zealander, Ernest Rutherford, while working at Manchester University, along with Hans Geiger
and Ernest Marsden in 1909, “split the atom” in the Geiger–Marsden experiment, which
demonstrated the nuclear nature of atoms by deflecting alpha particles passing through a thin gold
foil.

The Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), nicknamed Baby, was the world’s
first stored-program computer. It was built at the Victoria University of Manchester and ran its first
program on 21 June 1948. Although considered “small and primitive” by the standards of its time,
it was the first working machine to contain all the elements essential to a modern electronic
computer.

When it comes to a guide on what to do in this city there’s nothing better than Jessica B’s
suggestions in Tripadvisor.

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city that would love to live down its history and reputation. Too many people think of
the city as hard worn, run down, dirty and down-at-heel. None of which are true. Certainly its
industrial past wasn’t pretty and Scousers, as the locals are colloquially known, were famous as
hard drinkers, hard fighters and hard workers.

So how does that stack up with a city that today has more listed heritage buildings of any
provincial city. It has galleries and museums that can hold their own with any in the country. And,
of course, it has The Beatles, Liverpool Football Club and Everton F.C.

It is also home to popular bars and nightclubs in Mathew Street or the Ropewalks, with the Three
Graces, Albert Dock and a world-famous waterfront.

And it’s a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The Three Graces. For nearly a century the Three Graces – The Royal Liver Building, The Cunard
Building and the Port of Liverpool Building – have defined one of the world’s most recognised
skylines. These majestic buildings were conceived and constructed as visible symbols of
Liverpool’s international prestige, proud emblems of its commercial prowess.