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 THE TRAFFORD CENTRE
The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre located in Trafford in Greater Manchester, England.
It has 118,766 square meters (1.2m square feet) of retail space and attracts 29 million visits annually. It is made up of 4 main areas: Peel Avenue, Regent Crescent, The Dome and The Orient. The centre is owned by the Peel Holdings. The centre was designed so that visitors enter on both of the two main shopping floors in equal numbers. This helps avoid the problem suffered by other centers, such as the Metro Centre, where visitors do not go to upper floors meaning that many big retailers avoid upper floor units.
The Dome
The Dome is in the middle of the centre and is home to more up market stores such as the first Selfridges outside of London.
Regent Crescent
Regent Crescent is the area where most of the high end designer stores are situated like Karen Millen, Jane Norman, Gap and Mexx, it is home to two bookshops as well as Water stones and Borders and it is also home to two department stores and Debenhams which is at the end of Regent Crescent.
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 PRESTON
Preston is the gateway to Lancashire’s beautiful landscape and historical sights. Preston, the administrative capital of Lancashire, is the largest and most important commercial centre in the county. In 2002 HM The Queen grants City Status by Letter Patent on May 15th. Preston’s history dates back to the Doomsday Book and to 1179 with the granting of the Charter, which gave the right to hold a Guild Merchant every 20 years.
Preston has a great range of events throughout the year, with something to suit all tastes. Using the cities fabulous parks and public squares, these events range from Pop Concerts to Easter Egg Rolling in the park to ice rinks and giant grottos at Christmas. Giant games and specialist continental markets and pot fairs are regularly at the Flag Market and larger annual events include Mela, Caribbean Carnival, Chinese New Year celebrations, and the Riversway Festival.
Preston has a great range of events throughout the year, with something to suit all tastes. Using the cities fabulous parks and public squares, these events range from Pop Concerts to Easter Egg Rolling in the park to ice rinks and giant grottos at Christmas. Giant games and specialist continental markets and pot fairs are regularly at the Flag Market and larger annual events include Mela, Caribbean Carnival, Chinese New Year celebrations, and the Riversway Festival.
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LIVERPOOL
Liverpool is a major city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary.
Built across a ridge of hills rising up to a height of around 230 feet (70 metres) above sea-level at Everton Hill, the city’s urban area runs directly into Bootle and Crosby in Sefton to the north, and Huyton and Prescot in Knowsley to the east. It faces Wallasey and Birkenhead across the River Mersey to the west. Liverpool is governed by one of five councils within the Metropolitan county of Merseyside, and is one of England’s core cities and its fifth most populous - 441,477 in 2002, with 816,000 in the Liverpool Urban Area, which includes suburbs on the Liverpool side of the Mersey but not those on the Wirral.
Inhabitants of Liverpool are referred to as Liverpudlians and nicknamed “Scousers”, in reference to the local meal known as ’scouse’, a form of stew. The word scouse has also become synonymous with the Liverpool accent and dialect.
Liverpool, now classed as a World Heritage city, is full of culture, excitement and an important maritime history. Famous for its Mersey waterfront, Liverpool has recently redeveloped many areas in central Liverpool with unrivalled architecture, including the trendy Albert Dock, complete with museums, cafés, bars and shops, Stanley Dock, Waterloo, Wapping and the general Liverpool Pier Head area. Now a city of world significance, with an impressive university, Liverpool is also known throughout the world for being the home of the famous rock band, The Beatles, which attractions huge numbers of tourists to Liverpool each year.
In the late 19th century, Liverpool reached the zenith of its power and was the “second Port of the Empire”, It controlled one seventh of the world’s shipping and handled more goods than any British city outside London. Liverpool in the late Nineteenth century and early Twentieth century was thought of as a ‘world city’, rather than British provincial. During the late 20th century, towards the 1980s, the decline of the Port of Liverpool as a source of employment and the later contraction of manufacturing industry in the city region badly affected the city’s economy. However, the city’s economy has grown strongly and faster than the national average since the mid nineties. The city has been undergoing a general economic and civic revival since then, which was kick started by the regeneration of the city’s Queen’s Square. In 2007, the city will be celebrating its 800th anniversary, and in 2008, will hold the European Capital of Culture title. In 2004 Liverpool was declared as a UNESCO World Heritage site. As part of the ongoing regeneration in the city, the developers Grovsenor are constructing the ‘Paradise Street Project’ (PSDA), which is the largest retail-led regeneration project in Europe. The Construction of a new cruise liner terminal at the Pier Head, will allow the world’s largest vessels to visit the city, which the QE2 intends to do as part of Liverpool’s birthday celebrations at the end of this year
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 BLACKPOOL ILLUMINATIONS
Blackpool Illuminations are the the biggest temporary light show in the World. This is between 31 August - 4 November 2007.
The Lights are expected to attract in excess of 3.5 million visitors to Blackpool.
The Festival begins on 25th August with the opening of ‘Artificial Sunshine’. There are more than 5,000 floodlights and spotlights. Forty-five staff, which include Artists, Electricians, Joiners Mechanics, Painters and Engineers, work all year round to ensure the displays are ready on time
On Saturday 2nd September make sure you see the spectacular, ‘Pose on the Prom’ Honda Goldwing Light Parade where you can experience hundreds of illuminated machines winding their way along the promenade.
The basic idea of today’s six miles of shimmering light; the traditional lamp shares the limelight with fibre optics, lasers and LED technology
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 BLACKPOOL PLEASURE BEACH
Blackpool Pleasure Beach is a very famous theme park within Blackpool. Which remains Britain’s number one tourist attraction. With over 6.2 million visitors now.
Alderman William George Bean founded Pleasure Beach, Blackpool in 1896 and bought the forty two acre site on which the Pleasure Beach now stands. He wanted an American Style Amusement Park, the fundamental principle of which is to make adults feel like children again.
Rides include the “The Pepsi Max Big One” which is the largest roller coaster in the theme park and one the largest in Britain and the still popular Sir Hiram Maxim Flying Machines, were introduced to the area.
The First World War curtailed further development of the site until 1921. And the Second World War once again put a temporary halt to the progress
Pleasure Beach, Blackpool has been consistently profitable and these profits have been re-invested in new rides and the development and upgrading of the Park. In 1990 the exterior of the grounds were re-designed and a brand new Edwardian style cosmopolitan shopping complex created.
2004 saw the arrival of yet another brand new white knuckle ride the £2m Bling and a further £5 million investment in the park with re-theming and refurbishment
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