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St Helens (pronunciation ⓘ) is a town in Merseyside, England, with a population of 102,629. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens , which had a population of 183,200 at the 2021 Census .
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- World of Glass
- Knowsley Safari
- Carr Mill Dam
- North West Museum of Road Transport
- Inglenook Farm
- Taylor Park
- St Helens R. F. C.
- Sutton Manor Woodland
- Dream
- Theatre Royal
The glass manufacturer Pilkington is the only big industrial name still operating in St Helens. The company’s collections are the basis for this top-notch museum at the canal-side site of a former Pilkington factory. One of the special things about the world of glass is how it integrates the walkable subterranean tunnels of the world’s first regene...
The Earls of Derby, whose ancestral seat is a few miles out of St Helens at Knowsley Hall, had a long history of keeping exotic animals, going back well before Knowsley Safari Park was opened by Edward Stanley, the 18th Earl, in 1971. The park is one of the top days out in the North West, with a five-mile Safari Drive through 550 acres inhabited by...
The largest inland body of water in Merseyside is at least four hundred years old, and began life as a pond to power a mill. In the 1750s it was massively enlarged as a reservoir to feed the Sankey Canal, and then again by the London and North Western Railway in the 19th century. Carr Mill Dam is a haven for water sports enthusiasts and anglers, bu...
This fascinating transport museum is set in the St Helens Corporation Transport bus depot, which goes back to 1881 and was restored in the 2000s. The museum is a repository for historic buses run by companies across the region, not only from St Helens, but also Liverpool, Chester, Warrington, Widnes and Southport. You can come by on Saturdays, Sund...
Many things rolled into one, Inglenook Farm grows chamomile and lavender for essential oils distilled on site. But visitors are welcome at a farmhouse cafe for cooked breakfasts, and light lunchtime bites like sandwiches, jacket potatoes, wraps and salads. Children will adore the farm’s animals, among them a donkey, a pair of Shetland ponies, goats...
The Grade II Taylor Park used to belong to the Eccleston estate and was donated by the landowner Samuel Taylor (VIII) in 1892. On these 47 acres is a quarry that had provided the sandstone for Eccleston Hall, still standing close by in Whiston. Taylor Park has kept a lot of its Victorian character, not least in the lovely garden that was planted in...
St Helens is the proud home of one of the most successful and best-supported Rugby League teams in the country, winning 13 titles, the most recent in 2014. Founded back in 1873, the Saints play at the modern Langtree Park, which was opened in 2011 and can hold 18,000. Rugby League is a spring and summer sport, kicking off at the end of January and ...
This 230-acre park in the south of St Helens betrays a few signs of the highly productive colliery that came before. Sunk in 1906, the mine reached its peak in the 1960s when more than 1,000 people were employed here, and was finally shut down in 1991. It can be sobering to think that more than 60 men lost their lives on what is now a flowing lands...
This 20-metre-high sculpture is by Jaume Plensa and was unveiled in 2009. The work, weighing 500 tons and composed of bright white concrete (thanks to its dolomite content) depicts the head of a nine-year-old girl with eyes closed in meditation. The result of a long consultation process that included 15 miners from the colliery, Dream is intended t...
You wouldn’t guess it from the modern exterior but the large theatre on Corporation Street is more than a 100 years old. Dating to the early 1900s the building was a Frank Matcham construction, and was heavily remodelled in the1960s and then in the early 2000s. Theatre Royal has a very diverse programme, booking famous comedians (Jimmy Carr in 2020...
- Lesley R. Mold, UK14 contributions. Wonderful visit - a hidden gem. I’m an outings’ organiser and visited World of Glass today with the second group I’ve brought in 2 weeks.
- natalie b. Manchester, England, United Kingdom 9 contributions. Amazing little place. I'm not quite sure how I didn't know this place existed until this morning!
- rabbit19. Wigan, UK 744 contributions. Carr Mill Dam. Very nice place to go for a walk, nice views over the dam and fairly well maintained, there is a cafe and restaurant close by too also would recommend and visit again.
- LISA O. ST HELENS 40 contributions. GREAT BREAKFAST BRUNCH. Lovely coffee and full english breakfast. all cooked very well and sourced locally.. great tasting bacon and sausage from cooks.
Saint Helens, urban area (from 2011 built-up area) and metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Merseyside, historic county of Lancashire, northwestern England. It lies in the industrial belt between Liverpool and Manchester.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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St Helens is in the far south west of the historic county of Lancashire in North West England, six miles (10 km) north of the River Mersey.
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