Liverpool

There have been a few very busy weeks since our foundation students visited the nearby city of Liverpool.  It was an extremely popular trip and the group had a great day out visiting some of the cultural highlights of the European Capital of Culture 2008.  Liverpool is only an hour's drive from Preston and is home to a number of world-class museums, great music (of course The Beatles are always worth a mention), two Premiership football teams and some of the UK's best shopping.

The group were dropped off at the famous Liverpool Docklands, which have a rich history dating back as far as 1839, where they explored the free museums such as the International Slavery Museum, the Titanic Exhibition in the Maritime Museum and the most popular art gallery outside of London; the Tate Liverpool.

The group also spent a few hours shopping in the Liverpool One a large, newly built shopping complex. 

Many of them ate lunch together at the Red Hot World Buffet, one of many restaurants around the Liverpool One which come highly recommended.

It was a long and tiring but enjoyable day with so much to see and do in just a few hours and some students are already talking about visiting Liverpool again to see more of what this cultural city has to offer.