Grinshill Hill, Shropshire

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Halton Castle, Cheshire

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Norton Priory Museum & Gardens, Cheshire

Runcorn is almost entirely encircled by two canals, the Bridgewater Canal built during the middle of the 18th century and the.....

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Churnet Valley Railway, Staffordshire

The Churnet Valley Railway is a preserved standard gauge heritage railway to the east of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire,.....

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Blue Planet Aquarium, Ellesmere Port, North Yorkshire

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Erddig, Wrexham

This large, handsome red-brick house was built during the 1680's by Thomas Webb for Joshua Edisbury, High Sheriff of.....

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Walton Hall & Gardens, Cheshire

Walton Hall Gardens was originally part of a much larger country estate purchased in 1812 by the Greenall family, famous for.....

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Hare Hill, Cheshire

Charming wooded and walled garden...

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Consall Country Park, Staffordshire

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Caergwrle Castle, Wrexham

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The Equestrian term "canter" comes from the name Canterbury. Pilgrims on their way to Canterbury to visit the shrine of famous martyr Thomas à Becket, would ride at a "Canterbury Trot" as they approached the city, which was less tiring than a gallop. The term was later shortened to canter.

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