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Mersey Tunnel Tours
“The guides' enthusiasm, personalities and knowledge greatly contributed to the tour experience.” - VisitEngland Assessor
Liverpool, Merseyside
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The Mersey Tunnel Tour is a unique, behind-the-scenes tour of Queensway Tunnel. It is held within the art deco splendour of Georges Dock Building on the Pier Head. Guests can view the original Engineering Control Room before descending into the industrial area to view the giant ventilation fan chambers. The tour then visits the original 1771 Georges Dock before viewing the traffic in the tunnel and then walking underneath the roadway to visit an escape refuge.
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Discover Merseyside
A metropolitan county on the River Mersey, with Liverpool as its administrative centre, Merseyside incorporates the towns of Bootle, Birkenhead, St Helena, Wallasey, and Southport. In the 19th century, Liverpool was England’s second greatest port, and the area has been affected by urban deprivation and unemployment.
When the port of Chester silted up in medieval times, Liverpool took up the slack. The first dock was built in 1715 and the port came to prominence with the slave trade. Following abolition, the port grew to a seven-mile stretch of docks, busy with cargoes of cotton, tobacco and sugar and the huge wave of emigration from Europe to the New World in the 19th and 20th centuries. In its turn, immigration brought an influx of people to Merseyside to join its expanding population, including many from Ireland fleeing the potato famines. In the second half of the 20th century, accessible air travel brought an end to the era of the ocean-going liners. Meanwhile, trade with Europe was picked up by the southeastern ports. Merseyside’s population dwindled, but it remains one of Britain’s most vibrant and interesting areas.
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