Archive for March, 2008

Blackpool Pleasure Beach was Britain’s most popular tourist attraction in 2007, despite visitor figures falling slightly from 2006. According to the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions the popular theme park attracted 5.5 million visitors, down 3 percent on the previous year. Other popular attractions in the North West included Chester Zoo (1.36 million), World Museum Liverpool (720,303), Tate Liverpool (649,029), Merseyside Maritime Museum (595,328), Blackpool Tower (466,545), Walker Art Gallery (253,987), Imperial War Museum North (223,000), Lady Lever Art Gallery (187,255), and the Anderton Boat Lift (114,853).

Former world number one tennis player Martina Hingis will play in the Liverpool International Tennis Tournament in June. She will be part of the Legends event and will play her matches between June 13 and 15. Other former greats appearing include Goran Ivanisevic, Pat Cash, and Henri Leconte. The tournament will be held June 10 to 15 2008 at Calderstones Park in Liverpool.

Staff at Sea Life in Blackpool claim they have discovered the world’s first ‘hexapus’. The six-legged ‘octopus’ was found in a lobster pot off the coast of North Wales two weeks ago. Its deficiency is thought to be due to a genetic defect.