#BIRKENHEAD NORTH# (The Wirral)

Trip out during two night stay in Leasowe..... Wikipedia page here

Another COVID poster

#LEASOWE# (The Wirral)

Two night stay at the Leasowe Castle Hotel..... Wikipedia page here

One of the many COVID warning posters around at the time.

Next to the station is a level crossing over the road, so you can walk across the track and get a train's eye shot

The station also has a name sign which includes the nearby Wirral Coastal Park

#UTTOXETER# (Staffordshire)

Two night stay to visit an antique market at Uttoxeter Racecourse..... Wikipedia page here

#STOKE-ON-TRENT# (Staffordshire)

On the way to Uttoxeter for a birthday mini-break..... Wikipedia page here

I had quite a long wait at Stoke, so explored the whole station including:-

The Transport Police office

Two murals in the underground walkway

The archway dedicated to those who died in the First World War

My Polytechnic Building (I was a student here from 1988>1991)...

.... as well as the usual platform scenes

#WIGAN NORTH WESTERN# (Lancashire)

Travelling up to Heysham to get the Isle of Man ferry..... Wikipedia page here

The station was the scene of a fatal train crash back in 1873, when a 25 carriage train travelling from London Euston to Scotland derailed

#BIRKENHEAD CENTRAL# (Merseyside)

Returning to Bebington B&B after an adventurous Monday..... Wikipedia page here

#BEBINGTON# (Merseyside)

Two night stay in Bebington, on the way back to the Isle of Man..... Wikipedia page here

The station also had culture-based signage, promoting the nearby Lady Lever Art Gallery and Port Sunlight

#MANCHESTER OXFORD ROAD#

Travelling back to the Isle of Man, via a two night stop in Bebington..... Wikipedia page here

Grade II Listed in 1995 and described as 'one of the most dramatic stations in England'.

#WILMSLOW# (Cheshire)

Going to the airport hotel, before an early morning flight from Manchester to Malta..... Wikipedia page here

#HOYLAKE# (Merseyside)

Heading into Liverpool to get the morning ferry back to the Isle of Man..... Wikipedia page here

The station is Grade II listed

#MEOLS# (Merseyside)

On the way to a one-night stay in Hoylake, to break up the journey back over to the Isle of Man..... Wikipedia page here

#MOORFIELDS# - Merseyrail Underground (Liverpool)

Travelling back to the Isle of Man from Southport..... Wikipedia page here

You need to take 3 big escalators to escape from this station - two of them below

External view of the station

#SOUTHPORT# (Lancashire)

Overnight stay on the way back to the Isle of Man..... Wikipedia page here

#LIVERPOOL CENTRAL# - Merseyrail Underground (Liverpool)

On the way to Southport..... Wikipedia page here

#MANCHESTER PICCADILLY#

Going back home to see Mum..... Wikipedia page here

This is the detailed plan of the station from the Wikipedia page