Liverpool
Well I Never...!
Liverpool was the most successful European Capital of Culture ever with 15 million cultural visits and 7000 events generating £800m pounds worth of economic benefit during 2008
The population of Liverpool has stabilised after decades of decline and now stands at around 450,000
Liverpool has the biggest single collection of Grade One listed buildings and more national museums and galleries than any other city outside London, plus 2,500 listed buildings and 250 public monuments
St George's Hall -
The £1 billion Liverpool One development has transformed the city centre with 2 million
sq ft of new shops, offices and leisure facilities -
Liverpool is a UNESCO World Heritage city
The ECHO Arena and BT Convention Centre are bringing the world's biggest music stars and high quality conferences to the city, generating an extra £3 million for the economy every week
Liverpool's Pier Head has been transformed with a new canal link, cruise liner terminal, a new Mersey Ferries terminal and stunning new Museum of Liverpool
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is Europe's fastest-
Liverpool has Europe's longest established Chinese community and Europe's largest Chinese Arch which stands 14 metres over the entrance to Chinatown
Liverpool is the most successful footballing city in England -
The Grand National, the most famous steeplechase in the world, takes place at Aintree every April
Merseyside has over 40 golf courses, 7 of championship status. These include the
Royal Liverpool which hosted the Open in 2006 and will hold it again in 2014, and
Birkdale -
Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral is the largest cathedral in Britain and the fifth largest in the world
Liverpool is the most filmed British city outside London, boosting the economy by £100 million over the last decade and attracting major productions such as Sherlock Holmes and Harry Potter, as well as being home to Lime Pictures which produces Channel Four soap Hollyoaks
Liverpool is home to 50,000 students at the University of Liverpool, John Moores University, Hope University and Sir Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA)
Town of coal and glass ; people of heart and love
I didn't know that!!
St.Helens is located to the east of Liverpool and is one of the most accessible boroughs in the City Region. It enjoys a prime position at the heart of the North West's M6 and M62 motorway networks and lies partway between the cities of Liverpool & Manchester.
The borough has a population of almost 180,000 and has undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years to become a growing regional location of choice.
Key facts and features
" St.Helens is a global centre for glass manufacturing technology, a fact underlined
by the £2.2billion acquisition of Pilkington by the world's second-
" Knauf has invested more than £25million in St.Helens, safeguarding 250 jobs and significantly increasing capacity for building materials/services.
" Somerfield, which serves 1,275 supermarkets in the UK, selected St.Helens for its regional distribution base.
" St.Helens Chamber has been named as the country's top Chamber of Commerce, at the National Chamber Awards 2007.
" Home to top-
" Haydock Park Racecourse offers year-
" Home to Dream, a 20 metre high sculpture by world renowned artist Jerome Plensa set on the site of the former Sutton Manor Colliery and visible from the M62
" The council is rated 4* in the most recent government rankings.
" St.Helens was awarded £13.4million round one Local Enterprise Growth Initiative funding.
" More than half the borough is rural, boasting eight golf courses and several country parks.
St. Helens
